Enjoying the month of Elul
So many people dread the run up to the high holy days. They feel guilty about what they didn’t do all the year or/and anxiety about the year to come. But it needn’t be like that at all. The month of Elul is the opportunity for a good inner spring-clean and there is a real joy in that!
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Changing our outlook on Rosh HaShanah
Do you feel upset and anxious when it comes around to the High Holy days? So many of us do. Many of the symbols associated with Rosh HaShanah, the Book of Life, the day of Judgement have been distorted over the centuries. Now with our knowledge of Kabbalah we can learn what “life” really is and how the shofar is the instrument of compassion.
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Yom Kippur : A chance to reclaim our true identity
Which is the real me? We have a body of skin, bones, muscles, etc., that is given life by the nefesh behami the animal soul. Within this there is the point source of the holy sooul, the neshamah which is part of the essence of God. On Yom Kippur we have the opportunity to release this precious part of ourselves from the bondage of the animal soul and its confusing behaviour and rediscover our real selves.
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