by RabbiOlivier | Sep 22, 2015 | General
Preparing to Make Amends Day Seven On Day 5 of our “Days of Awe” Musings, we made a list of the people we have hurt. We selected one person from that list and went through a little writing exercise about our hurting this person. Today we prepare ourselves...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 22, 2015 | High Holy Days Meditations
I Now Forgive Day Six On this Day 6 of our personal retreat, we come to a place where we might be ready to forgive. On Day 4 we brought to mind and wrote about a person who has mildly hurt or offended us. I invite you to have what you wrote in front of you for this...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 22, 2015 | High Holy Days Meditations
Searching The Heart: A Practical Exercise Day Four This is the time in our retreat when we get to practice. We can hear about forgiving, we can read about forgiving, but all the books and the talks in the world won’t help if, at some point, we don’t roll...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 17, 2015 | High Holy Days Meditations
What Does it Mean to Forgive? Why do we Resist it? Day Three Forgiving does not come easy to us. Let’s be honest, the ego is not one to easily give up the past hurts, affronts, painful incidents, and grudges it holds onto in its memory bank. All of these past...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 17, 2015 | High Holy Days Meditations
Back to Life, Back to Reality Day Two The Ten Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, are an opportunity to enter into a time of personal retreat, the theme of which is “forgiveness.” The path of forgiveness is one of the most powerful spiritual...