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A Moment in Time: Coming Full “Cycle”

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August 12, 2021

Dear all,

While in the park this week, I saw a fellow on a unicycle. I then looked at my Hebrew calendar and noticed that it happened to be the 1st day of the month of Elul.

Elul is a significant month in Judaism. It is our time of spiritual preparation before the Holy Days. We have come a full cycle as individuals and as a people, and we are all trying to find our collective balance in this life-journey. It’s so easy to fall! And it takes strength to get back up. Thus we consider:

How have we held one another up this year?
How did we keep forward momentum for the betterment of society?
When we fell, who was there to motivate us?
And …. What is it that truly unites us?

Let’s use this month as our moment in time to reflect, to recharge, and to renew.

With love and shalom,

Rabbi Zach Shapiro

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