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August 25, 2006

Preparing for Teshuva: Responsibility

Teshuva contemplations every day until Yom Kippur here. You can also find the link on the sidebar under "Yamim Noraim."

Last night began the first week of Ellul, the month of self-assessment before Rosh Hashanah. The introduction to Rabbi Amy Scheinerman's guide to teshuvah, using Psalm 27 (which is recited every day from Rosh Chodesh Ellul until Yom Kippur), is here. Each week, she emphasizes an aspect of teshuva which follows from the previous one. The theme for this week is Responsibility.

. . . the first step in the process of teshuvah is taking responsibility. What are you prepared to take responsibility for at this time? Perhaps it is something that you have previously blamed on others (rest assured, we've all done that). This is the most difficult step of teshuvah and until we succeed we cannot move forward.

I just quoted a little, the rest is very worth reading.

Judith | 08/25/06 at 03:15 PM | Categories: - Yamim Noraim

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