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With Rosh Hashanah we enter the Ten Days of Awe that will continue through
Yom Kippur. But we live in a time when it’s hard to be awed . . . because
awe is the response to the presence of a transcendent other, something or
someone far greater than ourselves, greater than our understanding or our
ability to perceive.
In the three prayers that we have read these past two weeks, we see the
heroes of the story, our forefathers and foremothers, invoke the character
of God in their supplications before the Lord.
Published 11/22/24
The sages see Abraham as a paragon of love and inclusion. He brought people
from the surrounding societies in Haran and Canaan close to the one God
through his example and his generosity.
Published 11/13/24