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Doikayt, baby And L’shana tova to all of Jewish Bluesky. Even the Zionists. I hope that you are holding up a mirror to yourself this Elul as you are meant to do
(3/) We’ll love each other fiercely: in the end there is no greater work that we can do. We who survive will help each other heal. Written (by yours truly) in Elul 5781 / 2021. I still stand by it, with all my heart.
Well, I'll try not to judge you for it. 😉 In seriousness though, I think the process of Elul is mostly about identifying what to work on in striving to repair the world - knowing what the work *is*, not completing the work. And I think this is a really good one.
I’ve banged this drum before, but as Elul comes to a close: some of the most sacred work you can undertake in this life is to realize that you were wrong, and to change your mind in the face of new information and new stores of empathy.
Welp, I think we know who wins Elul this year.
It is still Elul and all the ways to make teshuva in the face of this death and destruction feel so inadequate
As someone who has also lost the majority of her Shul community in Elul due to hatred and cowardice, sending the largest hug. Hashem should provide us with a spiritual salve this Tishri which will fill and heal the wound left by our people.
Last year, in Elul, I ran the accounts of my soul and found the area most lacking to be that I wasn't slow to anger. So I spent a year trying to reserve my judgment until I had more information, time, and was sure. It's still a project. It will always be. But I have noticed a huge change underneath.