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Shema Yisrael - Listen Jews.
Shema Kolee- God listen to my voice with compassion.
As I prepare for Rosh Hashanah, I am focused on listening. Listening to myself, to others, and to God.
Truly listening takes courage, compassion, and doubt in myself, and in what I know to be true. It demands that I pair truth (emet) with anavah (humility). I am asked to acknowledge that there is so much I do not understand. As I hold a mirror up to myself, as I focus inward, may I do it with compassion on myself, and then may I carry that compassion, along with faith, into the world as I listen to and judge others. May my thoughts and actions reflect a little more doubt in myself and faith in the world as I acknowledge that there are other truths out there.
May we all be blessed with enough security to doubt ourselves. May we remember that which we do not know, while listening with curiosity and openness to God’s world and to others. May we sense enough trust so that we stay in the struggle, remaining as Yisrael, a people that struggles with God and fights for what is just in the world around us. May we know that it is in the journey that we can find ourselves and God.
May you be blessed with a year of good health, deep joy and inner contentment.
L'shanah Tovah u'Metukah.
Warmly,
Marci Dickman
Director of Lifelong Learning
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