Tyler’s Torah Thoughts for 7 Tishri, 5784
So as we prepare for the Sabbath tonight, this is a special one. It is Shabbat Shuva – The “Sabbath of Return.” This weekend is our last “Day of Rest” before the gates of heaven are opened at the start of Yom Kippur (Sunday night at sundown) and remain open until the end of Yom Kippur (Monday night at sundown).
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The idea is this weekend (Saturday specifically) is our chance to really take care of anything we are holding onto – anyone we need to ask forgiveness of, anyone we’ve wronged, etc. We need to seek out and ask them to forgive us as we enter into the new year. If they don’t forgive us, that’s ok – because they have sovereignty to say they don’t. That’s between them and Hashem. Our only responsibility is to be vulnerable and ask.
I wrote last week that the message of today’s portion is about internal healing and repentance leading to external healing of others. This is where our motto here “Heal ourselves, Heal the World” comes from.
May our healing be completed for this cycle as the gates of heaven are opened and we are sealed into the book of life for one more year – 5784. And may our year be sweet as honey!
What are your thoughts?
These are my thoughts a week ago…as we were just about to enter the “Days of Awe”
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