Elul Reflections: Awaken
The great shofar is sounded, and the still, small voice is heard. Uv’shofar gadol yitaka, v’kol d’mamah dakah yishama. What will rattle in you this year upon hearing the shofar […]
The great shofar is sounded, and the still, small voice is heard. Uv’shofar gadol yitaka, v’kol d’mamah dakah yishama. What will rattle in you this year upon hearing the shofar […]
Our lives are full of “should”s. I should go to the grocery store. I should make that appointment I’ve been avoiding. I should ignore the beautiful weather outside and finish […]
New words for old ideas as we prepare for the new year… Here is a take on Psalm 27, the Psalm read daily in the month of Elul. With the […]
The shofar calls to us: Awake, you slumberers, from your slumber, and rouse yourselves from your deep sleep. Search your deeds and turn in repentance. Remember your Creator, you who […]
Our CSA shares are nourishing both the bodies and the souls of our congregation! Each week, congregants pick up a box of organic vegetables to bring home and one share […]
We can approach this season, this work of Cheshbon HaNefesh, the accounting of our souls, with a strategy. Find something to repeat. What is the power of repetition? Whether it […]
Amichai Lau-Lavie writes: The toothache started about two days ago, gentle at first. By Saturday night, though, it had upgraded from nagging ache to actual pain. With it came the […]
One of the ways we prepare in Elul is by “cheshbon ha-nefesh,” taking an accounting of our soul. Anyone with an IRA or any kind of investment portfolio will take […]
Why does Torah teach: you shall put the words of Torah on your heart? Why not, in your heart? Because, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz teaches: each of us, at some time, […]
Too often, the hard work of the High Holy Days gives us an opportunity to beat ourselves up and tear ourselves down, to dwell only on our sins. We recite […]