The shofar is our ancient, animalistic alarm clock. Hearing it tells us to wake up and it's a mitzvah, a commandment to hear its call. We say the first blessing before the shofar is sounded, then we say shehecheyanu, the blessing for milestones, to mark the occasion.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu lishmoa kol shofar.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who has made us holy with commandments, and who has commanded us to hear the voice of the shofar.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam shehecheyanu v’kiyimanu v’higiyanu lazman ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.
To bring in the new year, our litergy has songs that help us reflect on the past year and where we are going. Many modern songs can also have that effect. Some people have shared songs that help them reflect. We will listen to each followed by an explination of why the song reminds them of the new year.
In sephardi traditions, Rosh Hashanah seders typically involve foods whose meanings are symbolized with puns. Since they are often based on aramaic and hebrew, they often don't translate well. Have you ever associated beets with retreating?
Since most of us speak english more proficiently than ancient hebrew, our our seder plate has english based puns. Let's go around guessing what the different foods mean, and then we can turn the page to see other interpretations.
Right now we are at the end of the Shmita (or Sabbatical) year. At this time in ancient israel, all loans between people were forgiven. Imagine Biden's student loan forgiveness but much more widespread.
Questions to ponder:
* How do loans impact people?
* What benefits come from a society-wide loan forgiveness? What negative impacts are there?
In the 1st century BCE, Rabbi Hillel, seeing that people in need could not get loans, instituted a work around such that loans would not need to be forgiven.
Questions to ponder:
* Why were loans not available to those in need then?
* Is it possible to design a society in which some of the benefits of a periodic loan forgiveness can still exist while mitigating the negative impacts? What would this look like?
There are not easy questions, and we will not have time to solve this tonight. As we enter a new seven year Shmita cycle, we can work towards ensuring that the world in 7 years is better than it currently is today.
In sephardi traditions, Rosh Hashanah seders typically involve foods whose meanings are symbolized with puns. Since they are often based on aramaic and hebrew, they often don't translate well. Have you ever associated beets with retreating?
Since most of us speak english more proficiently than ancient hebrew, our our seder plate has english based puns. Let's go around guessing what the different foods mean, and then we can turn the page to see other interpretations.
The shofar is our ancient, animalistic alarm clock. Hearing it tells us to wake up and it's a mitzvah, a commandment to hear its call. We say the first blessing before the shofar is sounded, then we say shehecheyanu, the blessing for milestones, to mark the occasion.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu lishmoa kol shofar.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who has made us holy with commandments, and who has commanded us to hear the voice of the shofar.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam shehecheyanu v’kiyimanu v’higiyanu lazman ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.
To bring in the new year, our litergy has songs that help us reflect on the past year and where we are going. Many modern songs can also have that effect. Some people have shared songs that help them reflect. We will listen to each followed by an explination of why the song reminds them of the new year.
In sephardi traditions, Rosh Hashanah seders typically involve foods whose meanings are symbolized with puns. Since they are often based on aramaic and hebrew, they often don't translate well. Have you ever associated beets with retreating?
Since most of us speak english more proficiently than ancient hebrew, our our seder plate has english based puns. Let's go around guessing what the different foods mean, and then we can turn the page to see other interpretations.
Right now we are at the end of the Shmita (or Sabbatical) year. At this time in ancient israel, all loans between people were forgiven. Imagine Biden's student loan forgiveness but much more widespread.
Questions to ponder:
* How do loans impact people?
* What benefits come from a society-wide loan forgiveness? What negative impacts are there?
In the 1st century BCE, Rabbi Hillel, seeing that people in need could not get loans, instituted a work around such that loans would not need to be forgiven.
Questions to ponder:
* Why were loans not available to those in need then?
* Is it possible to design a society in which some of the benefits of a periodic loan forgiveness can still exist while mitigating the negative impacts? What would this look like?
There are not easy questions, and we will not have time to solve this tonight. As we enter a new seven year Shmita cycle, we can work towards ensuring that the world in 7 years is better than it currently is today.
In sephardi traditions, Rosh Hashanah seders typically involve foods whose meanings are symbolized with puns. Since they are often based on aramaic and hebrew, they often don't translate well. Have you ever associated beets with retreating?
Since most of us speak english more proficiently than ancient hebrew, our our seder plate has english based puns. Let's go around guessing what the different foods mean, and then we can turn the page to see other interpretations.
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