Saturday, September 24, 2005

Selichot marks the beginning of the High Holy Day season. To prepare for the Days of Awe, Temple Jeremiah offered a special Selichot program, featuring dinner, discussion, Havdalah and Selichot Service.

“On Rosh Hashanah it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed ….” In preparation for 5766, we take personal inventory, work to right the wrongs of the past year and pray for blessings in the coming year. For the Ten Days of Awe we engage with the Holy One as intimately as we interact with our families and friends. But do we really know God? How have we maintained our relationship with the Divine during the past year? To whom are we praying when we envision the Book of Life? Is God listening?

Participants joined in a conversation to discover the personal in our varied relationships with God. Through text, philosophy and personal experience, we shared avenues to the Holy for each of us.