Yom Kippur
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Today I am reflecting.
Today I am looking back on all I’ve done over the past year & reaching out to those I have wronged.
Today I am thankful for having the freedom to worship openly and how I choose.
Tags: atoning, reflecting, yom kippur
Wow great post. I think it is an important life skill to be able to CHOOSE. You really reminded me that today I should take a break and just reflect on myself.
May you have an easy fast.
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(do you fast?! most of Jewish friends do not
I too am glad we live in a country where we can chose. Enjoy your day.
As a non-Jew I have always looked at the notion of Yom Kippur with a sense of awe.
I think we could all use time away from daily life to reflect and repent and take action to let those whom you have wronged know you are sorry.
THANK YOU for not diminishing this with a traditional post today, Miz.
Have a good holiday.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Happy new year/Yom Kippur, MizFit!
Enjoy it
Miz,
Great post.
I was in Temple last night flanked by my 2 oldest daughters (15,13) They saw me cry when they played Kol Nidre on the violin during the service.
They asked me why I cried. I told them that I was happy and humbled. My parents are holocaust survivors. I told the that so many people died so that THEY may live. It made me so happy and proud to have them next to me. I told them to strive to be the best they could be, not just for themselves, but because of the legacy/history that they come from. One of those moments that as a dad will never be forgotten. Even though the service almost lasted 3 hours, we had a wonderful time together
Wishing you an easy fast and a wonderful healthy, sweet and peaceful year.
Marc
Such a thoughtful holiday. The holidays I celebrate all seem to be about self-indulgence.
Hope its a wonderful meaningful day spent with your loved ones!
Thank you, Marc, for sharing that powerful comment.
May you, Miz, and all those you love be inscribed in the book of life.
Hannah
I never know the proper greeting for Yom Kippur so I will just wish you a peaceful day.
Oh and I’m not Jewish but will spend today being grateful for all my freedom of choice as well.
Thank you.
“…the freedom to worship openly and how I choose.”
Yup.
I hope it’s ok to comment off topic.
Choice has been a recurring theme for me lately so I take this post as a sign.
I know you are not a BL fan but recently when Jillian yelled at a contestant that she needed to choose to lose weight and only then could JM help her it smacked me in the face.
I must choose (in many areas of my life not only weightloss) or I will never succeed.
Have a good holiday.
Wonderful post Miz. This year has brought Twitter into my life and with it whole new worlds of wisdom from wonderful people like you. Thank you and may you have an easy fast.
Peace be with you, Carla.
Wonderful post, Carla.
Not being Jewish, I am never sure exactly what the proper greeting is for Yom Kippur, either (like Andy), so my best regards to you.
I cannot imagine you have done wrong to anyone.
Happy Yom Kippur Carla! I think things through but do not fast. I did as a youth but as an adult I decided it is more about my thought process than the specifics of how we “celebrate”. Again, the beauty of living in a country with the freedom to worship as we see right for us.
May you have an easy fast (if you fast) and may you be written in the Book of Life.
Rach
Great way to spend the day and Yom Kipper. Though I’m not Jewish, it’s something I will do today….reflect. Definitely something we all should do at different times during the year.
Wishing you a year filled with peace, love, and as Marc so nicely put — a chance to leave your legacy. You already are, and so happy I’m able to share and be part of it.
Last night my boyfriend and I (both Jewish, him in the past being more religious than I am) forgave each other and I forgave myself. This is the first year that I’ve really thought about Yom Kipur.
It’s all a choice.
Have a wonderful day.
MizFit physically, MizFit spiritually – you are blessed with the whole package. May God watch over you and your family and continue to bestow upon you the gift of health!
Have a wonderful day, Miz.
Have a wonderful holiday, Mama!!
I love the idea of a day filled with forgiveness.
I’m also curious when you say reflection if you mean overall or just in how you treated others?
Is this a day of setting goals for the new year?
(Pardon my ignorance.)
God bless you today and always, Miz.
G’mar Chatima Tovah
Yay for being able to worship openly and how you choose!
Great post!
Hope you have a great day!
Miz, with all the many posts you have done this one is most revealing to me of who you are.
enjoy!
I too am thankful we can choose to live our lives the way we want and to believe in whatever we want. Have a wonderful day.
This is so great. I am so thankful for this as well. I also fear that soon we will not be able to do this. This country is headed in scary places. But i am thankful for the freedoms we have today.
Do you have a big party at Casa Miz to break the fast?
Do you fast?
I usually don’t.
Bad Jew
Wishing you a good fast and a great day.
I had to come back and give you a quote from one of my favorite books.
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.”- Morrie Schwartz
(I am commenting but…)
Thank you for not posting a regular post on this Holy Day.
I love that you didn’t just gloss over it.
Barb
Have a peaceful Yom Kippur, Miz.
I think atoning doesn’t get the attention it deserves! When done properly it is such a healing thing. I’m not sure what the proper blessing for Yom Kippur is so instead I’ll just say that I hope you and the family are having a blessed day:)
Have a good Yom Kippur. Gmar chatima tova!
This is something we should all practice. I was indeed blessed to learn about this practice in my studies. Have a blessed day.
Blessings to you & your family my friend. May you enjoy a peaceful & loving day.
May we all live in peace.
May you be inscribed for goodness!
Amen!
Blessings to you and your family, today and every day, Carla!
Forgiveness – good to give and receive.
Hope you found peace in your day.
what a beautiful reflection, thanks for sharing your beliefs with us in such a reverent and peaceful way…shalom
I didn’t check my computer until tonite because I was more reflective than usual this year. My daughter and I fasted together this year. I’m looking at her sleeping right now, and I’m moved by her choice to join me for as long as her growing 12 year old body would allow.
I think I know what my Miz inspired tatoo will read when I am courageous enough to go through with it… and my new screen name Choose Life
Hope you have a great holiday.
Respect, girl, for the beautiful and fitting post, being who you are … unapologetically! =)
Blessings, though they are belated, still heart-felt to you.