by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections
On Day 5 of our “Days of Awe” Retreat, 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 to make amends to this person....
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections
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 exercise. As we begin, I...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations
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 short list of people you know you have hurt. Some in big...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 8, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections
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 up our sleeves and get to work. Now, your mind might...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 8, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections
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 experiences have impacted us greatly, taught us a great deal,...