Meditations for the Days of Awe – Shabbat Shuvah – Day 3

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 30, 2014 | High Holy Days Meditations

Return again… return to Where you are, return to What you are, return to Who you are. Today is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of turning, of returning. Today is, especially, a day for introspection, a day for reflection. On this day we might be looking at our...

Meditations for the Days of Awe- Rosh HaShanah – Day 2

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 30, 2014 | High Holy Days Meditations

Al Chet Sheh-cha-tanu l’fanecha… For the ways we acted out our conditioning before You… On this second day of Rosh HaShanah, of the New Year, I wanted to invite you to enter into a daily meditation process; that we might support one another as we...

A “Days of Awe” Retreat – Putting Our Name on The List – Day 9

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections

If these Days of Awe have revealed anything to me this year so far, it is — above all — that the work has to start with us. Doing the work of forgiveness is far from easy, far from comfortable; yet if we commit ourselves to healing, to living our lives...

A “Days of Awe” Retreat – Making Amends – Day 8

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections

Making amends is truly when the rubber meets the road. We have done all this work forgiving others, and now we have to go out there and repair the damage we have done. If we worked on our letter yesterday, and rehearsed our conversation, we might feel ready. Yet...

A “Days of Awe” Retreat – Preparing to Make Amends – Day 7

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections

On Day 5 of our “Days of Awe” Retreat, we made a list of the people we have hurt. We selected one person from that list and went through a little writing exercise about our hurting this person. Today we prepare ourselves to make amends to this person....

A “Days of Awe” Retreat – I Now Forgive – Day 6

by RabbiOlivier | Sep 9, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections

On this Day 6 of our personal retreat, we come to a place where we might be ready to forgive. On Day 4 we brought to mind and wrote about a person who has mildly hurt or offended us. I invite you to have what you wrote in front of you for this exercise. As we begin, I...