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The Rabbi and the easter ham

09/14/2016 02:10:28 PM

Sep14

One of the ways I approach my time at High Holy Days is by using the messages, the liturgy and the teachings guide me in setting my course for the next year. Of course, our tradition instills the message of great humility in our prayers so that we are also aware that we encounter forces much larger than ourselves. With this email, we are providing you with all the information to set your course for a great High Holy Day experience at CBH and...Read more...

Elul Message: Committing to self care

09/13/2016 12:31:54 PM

Sep13

Without committed self care, our relationships with others and efforts to do good work in the world is on shaky ground.  Rabbi Hillel--and Rupaul, both give us lessons about how self care is essential and even a mitzvah. Discover the next step for our Cheshbon HaNefesh, A Soul Accounting with Love and Gentleness by clicking here.

Remember, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me." Hillel

Warmly,
Rabbi...Read more...

Soul Accounting: Starting with Your Points of Light

09/08/2016 08:26:33 AM

Sep8

We have begun the month of Elul which signals our preparation for Rosh Hashanah.  Begin the practice of Cheshbon Hanefesh, a spiritual reflection and accounting of the past year -- in a gentle and loving way.

Grab a notebook and a pen as we start this process together.   Here is the first invitation in a series of videos that will guide us in the process.  https://youtu.be/MhVKLqWM1iE    Take some time to...Read more...

Cheshbon HaNefesh: a message for elul

09/02/2016 11:50:51 AM

Sep2

This Sunday, the month of Elul begins, the Jewish month that precedes Rosh Hashanah. Encouraged by teachings from Mussar, Jews of all kinds see this month as an opportunity to do some soul assessment.  This process is called Cheshbon HaNefesh, literally The Soul Accounting.  Given that we can have baggage with self judgment and assessment, I wanted to offer an approach that guides us to see this as a loving and gentle process and...Read more...

The Roadwork of elul

07/27/2016 11:04:46 AM

Jul27

This is a re-post from 2013

The Roadwork of Elul

There is something unsettling about where I live. It's not because I am living at ground zero for Atlanta's graffiti scene; which I mostly think is beautiful and gives my buried anarchist cause to cheer. I was more annoyed that the city remedied our gate without permission by painting over the metal very sloppily with a non-matching gray. Though it became a reminder that...Read more...

the journey of belonging: seals, synagogue, solitude

07/27/2016 11:02:39 AM

Jul27

This is a re-post from 2013

Starhawk defines community this way: “Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.” For me it is when belonging is something I no longer long for because it is the atmosphere and where the questions and limits I carry are unburdened. This is what synagogue...Read more...

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