Another new week in J'lem

It's almost midnight, and with the end of Shabbat, another week begins. Classes start in the early morn at the Conservative Yeshiva, so I'm heading off to sleep soon. Had a nice Shabbat  - walked with classmate L. to services at a nice little congregation in Ge'ulim (Baka) near the German Colony neighborhood…about a 45 min walk away. The congregation is called Kol Haneshamah (literally, "every living thing" from the last line of the last psalm (no. 150) - "every living thing shall praise G-d, Halleluyah."But there is a little pun here, because the word for "every" and the word for "voice (of)" are homonyms, and "haneshamah" can mean either "(the) living (thing)" or "the soul," so kol haneshamah could mean "the voice of the soul," which is also a cool name for a congregation. Anyhow, nice place, excellent davenning (praying), friendly people, and when the rabbi spoke in Hebrew about the haftarah (reading from the prophets), I was able to understand 75% to 80% of it, probably because he is American born and he spoke at a pace and about a subject that I could understand. Nice services last night and tonight at the Conservative Yeshiva - studying there should be great!