The Elul Project 5783: Day 17

compiled by Kelly Whitehead

Today's Reflection

God wills man to be a creator-- his first job is to create himself as a complete being. Man comes into our world as a hylic, amorphous being. He is created in the image of God, but this image is a challenge to be met, not a gratuitous gift. It is up to man to objectify himself, to impress form upon a latent personality, and to move from the hylic, silent personality towards the center of objective reality. The highest norm in our moral code is to be, in a total sense . . . and to move toward . . . real true being.

—Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Today's Question

How will you work on yourself in the coming year?

We encourage you to share your thoughts in response to our daily question by emailing elul@templemicah.org as we will, once again, incorporate many of them in our Yom Kippur afternoon service.

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About this year's Elul Project

היום הרת עולם

Today the World Was Born

Throughout the month of Elul, we invite you to take part in Temple Micah’s daily reflection as we explore the symbols of birth, beginning, conception, manifestation, judgment, and creation in preparation of the coming year.

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