Book is sealed but always open. PREPENT5773 Day 40+41

עברית בהמשך Day 41: The day after is still too raw and close for full reflection but also a significant marker for  pause, looking back at the 40 days of this journey and taking a deep breath. “Repentance is compared to a sea. Just as the sea is eternally open, so too the gates of […]

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First: Forgive Your Self. PREPENT5773. Day 39

I began this journey 39 days ago with such high hopes and big intentions. Went through harvest of achievements, and farewells to what and who is gone, made lists of what I want to repair and focused on intentions for the future that will make me happier, more focused and alive. And here I stand, […]

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יום 39 לספירת 40: סליחה מעצמי

מה לא הספקתי  לתקן במסע הזה לפני ולפנים? עומד, הנני העני ממעש, נבוך בשער המקדש, על סף יום הדין : מלא בושה וכלימה על כל מה שלא הספקתי למרות שרציתי וכל הטובות שלא גמלתי וכל הפחדים שהתגברו אצלי על השמחה אשמנו בגדנו מכה על הלב סליחה ומחילה וכו וכו כל ההחטאות וכל המעידות נבוך בפתח […]

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Heal Your Wallet (leave the chicken alone). PREPENT. 38

  While some pious Jews swing a live chicken over the heads of their loved ones during the pre Yom Kippur ritual of Kapparot that takes place today, my father, during my childhood, preferred a check book. My mother remembers cash. It’s been a while since he’s done it.  It’s an odd ritual no matter what – […]

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Ban the Burning of the IPhone. PREPENT5773. Day 35+36

   It’s not so hard to understand the harsh human call for austerity. There is a  need  -I feel it in my gut this morning – to execute tough measures in response to prior greed. This happens all the time and in many means and ways, not always the most healthy and helpful. Take technology, […]

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