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"Acts of service work as an antidote to fear, as does the love we ex- perience when we return home from work." —Arnold Eisen, SEEKING THE HIDING GOD 4/6

Eisen headshot photo. Smiling middle-aged man with grey hair, wearing collar, suit, and tie.
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At many points in the book, Eisen talks about doubt and atonement in the context of Yom Kippur and the High Holy days. 5/6

I’ve learned from experience that a threat to the well-being of some- one you love can wring belief out of the most confirmed agnostic. It got me to pray last year when Becky was ill. None of us is a mere observer where God is concerned. I seem to always need the divine forgiveness I have ritually prayed for on Yom Kippur year after year. I also seem to need to give things freely to others, including forgiveness, even when that is the very last thing in the world I want to do. This need too, it turns out, is one of the things that puts me in mind of God.
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