Elul gets our souls ‘warmed up’ to start fresh for the New Year.
For Elul this year, I am pleased to share with you words from some of my favorite teachers from whom I have learned a great deal over the years. Some may be familiar and some may be new to you. I will bring you selections from the Sfat Emet, Henry David Thoreau, Rabbi Jonathan Slater and more plus my commentary on them. I welcome your thoughts.
Please share brief teachings from your favourites. If you have a special text, verse, poem, or prose that has influenced you during your life, please send it to me at rabbiplumb@mishkantefila.org .
The Morning: A New Day Ahead & A New Life Ahead
In these still, quiet moments I am not asleep, and not yet awake.
In the threshold of day and night, with the mixture of darkness and light, my body is once again coming to life.
I am reborn, each day, from the womb of your compassion.
May all of my actions be worthy of the faith you’ve placed in me.
With words of thanks I’ll greet the dawn. Jewish morning blessing adapted by Andrew Shaw
