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...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 17, 2015 | Torah Reflections
Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8 Let Your Heart Crack Open This week’s Torah portion begins: When you enter the land that the Eternal your God is giving your as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, you shall take some of every fruit of the...