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away, studying feverishly day and
night for my diploma four years
later. It will be my first time away
from my family.
Due to a high tuition bill, I will
not have the luxury of returning
home. Rosh Hashanah's annual
family gathering will have to take
place with my new family mem-
bers at a new synagogue. It will
be hard, but worthwhile.
New experiences are what col-
lege is all about and sharing the
holidays in a slightly different
way may open my eyes to some
traditions and activities I would
have otherwise never considered.
Rosh Hashanah has always
meant a chance to begin again.
This year, I will have more than
one new beginning. At a small
school in New York, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, I will be
embarking on one of the most
exciting times of my life. I will be
meeting new people and learning
new lessons.
This Rosh Hashanah is a chance
to put my past aside and start
over. I can show a side of myself
that has been seen by a relative
few — my true self. I will be with
people I've never met in a place I
have seen but once, and in a tech-
nological world that I have never
experienced.
New doors will open and I will
make a point to walk through
them.
Yes. I will miss my family. This
will be hard and the memories I
have shared with them will burn
deep in my mind. Yet I see the
smiles on their faces. I know how
pleased they are that I have been
given such a wonderful opportu-
nity. I know that this is what they
would want me to do — experi-
ence another family's tradition,
laugh with kids my own age and
experience life before settling
down with a job.
A message to my family: Don't
worry; I'm ready. ❑

Erin Kaufman, 18, daughter of
Jack and Julie Kaufman of
Farmington Hills, lives in Troy,
N. Y, and will be a freshman at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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