Rosh Hashanah is called “hayom harat olam, the birthday of the world” (MishnahA collection of rabbinic teachings edited in Israel around 225 CE. Organized in six sedaraim by subject matter and dealing with both ritual and civil law. Both the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud are expansive discussions of the Mishnah. Read more Rosh Hashanah 1:2). Creation is not only long ago, but an ongoing process. We are invited to see the world as if it were born anew each year. The chance to begin again is stitched into time itself. So too, with ourselves, we are invited to see ourselves as being created and recreated every year.
What beginning do you want to choose today? It need not be dramatic. A new routine. A fresh conversation. A different way of showing up. The new world is waiting, are you ready to step into it?
Kavanah: Choose one beginning today and let it mark your renewal.
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