Tag: forgiveness
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Why Do We Insist On Asking Victims About Forgiveness?
This being the month of Elul, the themes of repentance and forgiveness are front and center in our hearts and minds as we get ready for the High Holidays. Last week, I had an opportunity to attend a screening of the first two episodes of “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox,” an 8-part series currently…
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How to Use (and Not Abuse) Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is soon upon us. It is a time in which we focus on teshuvah, traditionally translated as “repentance,” but the Hebrew root is more closely related to “turning.” Teshuvah is the act of turning from past ways and harmful habits to create a new and better future for ourselves. It also involves turning…
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5777: “The 6 Things I Learned about Life (and Teshuvah) from Losing a Binder Full of 18 Months Worth of Work”
You may know, as I have shared with you in the past, that I recently completed a program of study called the Clergy Leadership Program through the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. It was an 18 month program designed to give Jewish clergy—rabbis and cantors—the tools they need to develop spiritually, both individually and as communal…
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Kol Nidre 5774: “Worry, and Be Happy–the Jewish Way of Happiness”
As you know, this year I turned 40 years old. And now that I am 40, I’ve come to realize and gain perspective on many things. And one of the many things I have realized since reaching this milestone, is that I suddenly realized why my parents listened to the “oldies” station growing up.
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