We are in the season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a Jewish high holiday sequence observed in the fall. A few years ago, I heard a podcast featuring Rabbi Sharon Brous. Her description of this holiday was captivating then, and I've returned to listen to that episode several times over the years.
I very much appreciated your sensitive interpretation of the Jewish high holidays - and you offered reflections that I had not considered in spite of growing up Jewish. The one addition I might offer is that in many schools of Judaism the soul is less "accounted for" than it is "read" as a sacred text and thus interpreted rather than tallied. One prays "to be inscribed in the Book of Life" for another year. Thank you for creating this bridge between Judaism and Christianity in a personal and caring fashion. --Norm
Norm, Thank you, this comment means a lot to me. I really appreciate your insight about "account" vs. "read"...I love the idea of reading the soul as a sacred text, that is so meaningful, and of course what you said about tallied vs. interpreted is so good, I like what you've added so much more...reading the soul. I'll be pondering that for a while.
I very much appreciated your sensitive interpretation of the Jewish high holidays - and you offered reflections that I had not considered in spite of growing up Jewish. The one addition I might offer is that in many schools of Judaism the soul is less "accounted for" than it is "read" as a sacred text and thus interpreted rather than tallied. One prays "to be inscribed in the Book of Life" for another year. Thank you for creating this bridge between Judaism and Christianity in a personal and caring fashion. --Norm
Norm, Thank you, this comment means a lot to me. I really appreciate your insight about "account" vs. "read"...I love the idea of reading the soul as a sacred text, that is so meaningful, and of course what you said about tallied vs. interpreted is so good, I like what you've added so much more...reading the soul. I'll be pondering that for a while.