The sukkah reminds us to go out into the world, especially when the comforts of insularity beckon us closer—to explore paths we have yet to take and seek journeys ready for wandering.
Yom Kippur is admitting our plentiful regrets and summoning and building our inner determination and drive to be better people, regrets, and all.
Rosh Hashana is reserved for soulful transformation: Resolving to be something different in the Jewish new year.
Repenting includes examining and admitting our mistakes. Seeking forgiveness. Determining to do better. Being better. Every single day.
What is it that we want to renew within ourselves, strengthen, embolden, and what characteristics and traits should ultimately be discarded?
Wounds reopen; repair is sometimes never really over.
The philosopher Maimonides explains that if someone asks you for forgiveness, you should be open to their heartfelt apology. But this isn’t always realistic.
When taken with someone special, appreciate the commute.
In a world that often tells us to care less in order to hurt less, Judaism offers another path: never care less.
The 9th of Av is an annual reminder to look inward and ask if any hatred has taken root within our hearts.
