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August 8, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
In previous messages I’ve talked at length about the need to pause, to take stock of where you are in this moment in order to prepare yourself for the next moment. Shabbat is a wonderful opportunity to take that pause because it is a yom m’nuhah, a day of rest, meaning that it’s primary purpose is to force us to pause the hustle and bustle of our weeks to check where we are and where we’re going. With the High Holidays around the corner, what better way to check our spiritual “temperature” than with the “thermometer” of Shabbat?
Especially this Shabbat, the first one of the month of Elul, a month in which we are commanded to blow the shofar everyday so that our hearts are ready for the High Holidays…
Especially this Shabbat, our second Shabbat by the Sea which will incorporate unique themes and modes of worship designed specifically to help us pause so that we can move forward…
Especially this Shabbat, because, well, if not now, when?
Kol Tuv,
Rabbi Ari Saks
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