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Finding joy with conscious tidying!
I can look back at different moments and think about where my soul may have been during episodes of intense and necessary tidying (such as moving homes). I can also think about many times in which my soul felt out of alignment for one reason or another and my home reflected the messiness of my inner life.
The High Holidays causes us to self-reflect. We may think about the newness of the year, the changes we want to make, or how to be grateful for every new day.
When we do so, how do we ground ourselves within our roots, or think about where we came from? This may help us better understand the world we hope to see. How do we create a better world for ourselves, and future generations? When you reflect on where you came from what does it bring up for you?
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I’ve been wondering what holiness looks like. We use the word holy often in synagogue. Such as: this is a holy community, or a kehillah kedoshah. We say that God is holy and we seek to emulate God. And this period of time we have just begun this evening is known as the High HOLY days.
And yet, we can’t see holiness. There is no postcard, or snapchat of what holiness looks like. But tonight, we begin this annual journey of holy time. The days of awe, yamim nor’aim. But what will this journey look like? How does one find holiness? How does one be holy? Dare I ask, how does one teach holiness? Are we seeking something much too elusive to find?
