Whatever it is we are wrestling with
Perhaps we can take a moment to pause
Take a slow, calm even deep breath
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Jacob’s journey continues
After much contention, upheaval and blessing Jacob seeks to settle down.
Read MoreWhen I was preparing for Yom Kippur services this year and sitting with the teachings of our tradition that call us to examine our hearts, I was taken aback by what I found, by the feelings of hatred I discovered filling my heart and soul.
“Hatred” is a very strong word and I tried to duck from it, to soften it. But to be brutally honest with myself, I need to face the hatred and anger that has grown in my heart, directed toward people I don’t even know, but with whom I deeply disagree politically.
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Beginnings created Elohim with the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) In the beginning, openings were created / So the Divine could take form.
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Today is Shemini Atzeret—the eighth day of gathering, the final day of the holiday season.
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The festival Simchat Torah — the Joy of Torah — begins tonight and urges us to celebrate the wisdom we have gathered and raise it up with song and dance.
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As we move into Shabbat Sukkot may we set an intention to create shelters of peace with our words and actions.
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May we open the doors to possibilities we have not yet imagined. Taking notice of our strengths we ask, “What is mine to do?”
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May we build bridges across differences, Creating the spaciousness to celebrate the Divine in all.
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On Sukkot, we gather and plant. We gather what we have discovered and who we have become over this past year and we plant ideas, thoughts, dreams and visions that came to us during our journeys through Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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