Topic Tags: yom kippur

He confesses his family’s sins to whom all praise is due // He requests divine forgiveness, then declares TITHARU! // The kohanim and the people who witness what was said // Declare “Baruch Shem Kavod Malchuto L’Olam Va’ed.”

“Especially on Yom Kippur — we are singing for our lives in community.”

“May my past deeds, / The best and worst of me / Bring me back to the Wholeness…”

“With kindness, hope and strength Trusting in your process / May your insights become clear / Lifting you back to Divine Wisdom…”

“A fiery serpent / reproaching me for slithering away / from atoning for my transgressions?”

“Where else, But in the love, The shalom That is HaShem, Can I find my comfort?”

Dedicated to Linda Hirschhorn and inspired by her sermon on Unetaneh Tokef 5765

“Who will I be / as this stormy year unfolds?”

“We forgive to heal ourselves”