by RabbiOlivier | Sep 22, 2015 | High Holy Days Meditations
Searching The Heart (II): A Practical Exercise Day Five Like I promised yesterday, we are trading places for this exercise and will now be looking at the people we have hurt. The first few steps of the process are similar to what we already did: Begin by making a...
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...