Dear MH, It is been a pleasure meeting and getting to know some of you at the summer service and Riverdale gathering. I look forward to meeting more of you this month, and am grateful for the variety of opportunities to connect. September 1st coincidentally aligns with the first of the Hebrew month Elul. The month preceding the high holidays, …
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High Holy Days With Mishkan Ha’am
Rosh Hashanah 2019: The High Holy Days are a time of year when the Jewish people as a whole are asked to engage in a process of doing a moral self-assessment; seeking forgiveness from others for harms we’ve done; making amends as appropriate; and resolving to do better in the future. JOIN OUR INCLUSIVE, FREE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES Our Rabbinic …
Trying to Make the Mark
Baruch ata Adonai, eloheinu melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha’eitz. Baruch ata Adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha’adamah. Blessed are you, Adonai, our God, Encompasser of the World who has created the fruit of the tree. Worthy are you, Source Of Life, this thing I call our God, that created the produce of the land. These blessings flow from my …
The Hebrew month of Elul begins on August 6-7
Elul is the month that proceeds Rosh HaShanah, and has thus been given special, important significance in Jewish tradition. We are asked to account for our souls in a process of cheshbon nefesh (taking account for our soul). The goal being that on Yom Kippur, 40 days from the first day of Elul, we will be complete with our atonement in matters …