:: Rosh Hashanah 5781 ::

It goes without saying at this point that Rosh Hashanah 5781 is not going to feel like Rosh Hashanah 5780. 

 

Never has the ancient meaning of “who shall live and who shall die” felt like it has had such specific meaning as it has this year— 

 

:: It reminds us that each of us is here for a brief time. :: 

 

I always welcome chances to “start again—“ be it Jan 1, a birthday, or a new school year. 

 

Personally, I don’t love “New Year Resolutions” I prefer affirmations or intentions... 

 

SO: I am setting the intention to cultivate health, nourishment and wholeness. 

For my individual body, the health of the world in the wake of COVID19, political progress, peace, health of the planet, ...and all our souls. 

 

 The #Hebrew word for SHALOM, is related to the word for *WHOLENESS,* SHALEM. 

 

In that I see that health is comprehensive— we must treat the “whole organism—“ of our bodies, society, and planet. 

 

We have a lot to heal right now, and healing is an essential part of wholeness—we are being called to get VERY uncomfortable and face our mortality, our biases and to engage in productive conflict. But the fruit of those efforts? Is hard-won growth. 

 

A Way In says: 

In these final hours of 5780, the Torah calls:
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You stand here today in this moment
With all those you love,
With all those with whom you joyfully share this passage through life.
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And you stand here today with all those you have been taught to call other,
And those you have learned to demonize and hate.
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You stand here today with all those who came before you,
The generations upon whose shoulders you stand.
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And you stand here today with all who will come after you,
Your children’s, children’s, children
Who will some day call you ancestor.

 Rosh Hashanah is another chance for a new beginning. 

So let us. Begin. 

Or begin again. ‎ 

 

💜 שנה טובה