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ELUL 5 – Keep on Meditating!!
I’m almost embarrassed to admit how beat up I feel and it’s only Day 6! So to keep it positive, I would like to share a couple of topics that have been really moving so far. Having guides from my Rabbi has been super helpful. I am very easily distracted when trying to meditate, so […]
ELUL 1
Day One. I said I wouldn’t write for every day of Cheshbon Hanafesh but Day 1 of ANYTHING you have committed to do is going to be an intense day. Day 1 is a day worth sharing. Today I read to basically accept that there have been wrong doings. That the first step in teshuvah […]
Classes So Far
To catch you up on my actual classes I’ve had thus far in the Adult B’nai Mitzvah program, allow me to bring you up to speed. Thus far, we have met weekly for about 2 months. We then took a break for the summer & for the High Holidays. As someone who is somewhat of […]
CHESHBON HANEFESH
An Accounting of the Soul. Today is the first day of the Jewish month of Elul. Elul is the month that leads up to Rosh Hashanah and the Yamim Noraim (High Holidays). Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can be SO intense that it makes sense that Tradition tells us to take the entire month beforehand to prepare mentally […]
So What’s the Story?
What’s the deal with me now? Where am I? It should be interesting to look back two years from now and see where I was when this journey began. So I want to establish my current state of spirituality, level of observance, and what journey has brought me here today. As mentioned in the ABOUT, […]
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