A life review provides an indication of whether or not you are living as your best self. Sometimes you think you are doing whatever possible to live into and become the best version of yourself, but…in reality…you are not. The Jewish High Holy Days, like the secular New Year, provide a fabulous time to go …
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Every Chanukah, Jews light candles in their chanukiot, the special candle holders or menorahs, used on the holiday. They do this for eight days, but most of them miss the significance of the shamash, the helper candle, used to light all the others. They focus on the eight beautiful flames, and pay little attention to …
The observance of Chanukah involves the lighting of candles, and Christmas has become known for its show of lights. Yet, often Jews and Christians alike find themselves spiritually in the dark during these winter holidays. It’s difficult to feel enlightened by holiday observances when the meaningful or spiritual components of these holy days have been …
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The Jewish High Holy Days have just ended. Despite what many people think, the theme that runs through Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the New Year and Day of Repentance, has less to do with the concept of “sin” as we typically think about it and more to do with goal setting. The word for …
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Did you know that the word for sin in Hebrew—chet—comes from the sport of archery? So does the word Torah, which refers to the Old Testament scrolls and the text they contain. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance, Jews all over the world recite the holiday liturgy, which contains a repetition of the words …
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It’s easy to get so busy that you don’t make time to connect with the essence of life. You can call this God, Source, The Universe, Higher Self, Shechinah, Krishna, Buddah, Christ, or something else entirely. The name doesn’t matter, but your connection to the divine or sacred part of life does matter. We are …
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During Yom Kippur, Jewish congregations atone for a litany of communal sins. They range from common ones to ones you rarely hear or think about. One sin, however, always sticks in my mind, because it a misdeed I typically don’t think of as a sin: negative thinking. Don’t get me wrong. I believe strongly that …
Jews are told that on the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) “it is written” and on the Day of Repentance (Yom Kippur) “it is sealed.” What is “it”? Our fate for the next year. Where is it “written and sealed”? In the Book of Life. Most agree the Book of Life is figurative rather than …
Like most Jews, this week I observed the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. This is the time of the year when we begin thinking about how we behaved for the last twelve months and participate in the process of atoning for any wrong doings or wrong behavior. I see this as a chance for introspection and …
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Thanksgiving is a day of gratitude. Chanukah is a day of miracles. What happens when they both fall on the same day? You get to experience the miracle of gratitude. The Most Powerful Prayer Gratitude serves as the strongest prayer you can offer. So, when you offer a prayer filled with heartfelt thanks on …
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Tomorrow begins the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance. It comes after 10 days of introspection when we explore the sins we’ve committed and how to rectify them. We ask for forgiveness from those we’ve wronged as well as from God. There are three types of sins in the Jewish traditions: sins …
The Jewish High Holy Days are upon us. They are blown in with the shofar blast marking the New Year on Rosh Hashanah. Ten days later, the holiday ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance. During this time, we go inward to determine how to become our best selves and to connect with something …
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