We have written about the fact that maybe it is time–especially in these times–to recite a litany of blessings during Yom KIppur. This piece came from one of our followers and we invite you focus this Yom Kippur on our blessings as well as sins. The time is right for this. Take some time to recite your own.
| A NEW PRAYER THAT MAY BE SAID IN ADDITION TO THE AL CHET
compiled by Leonard H. Berman • For the joy of being part of a religion that honors life and human dignity, For living all these joys, inscribe us in the Book of Life and grant us atonement. • For the joy of being part of a religion that fills us with moral passion and asks us to hate evil, For living all these joys, inscribe us in the Book of Life and grant us atonement. • For the joy of being part of a religion that gave the world the concept of holiness, For living all these joys, inscribe us in the Book of Life and grant us atonement. • For the joy of being part of a religion that provides me with a pathway to the transcendent, FOR LIVING ALL THESE BLESSINGS, GRANT US PEACE AND ATONEMENT. G’mar Chatimah Tovah Rabbi Richard F Address
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Rabbi Richard F. Address, D.Min, is the Founder and Director of www.jewishsacredaging.com. Rabbi Address served for over three decades on staff of the Union for Reform Judaism; first as a Regional Director and then, beginning in 1997, as Founder and Director of the URJ’s Department of Jewish Family Concerns and served as a specialist and consultant for the North American Reform Movement in the areas of family related programming. Rabbi Address was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1972 and began his rabbinic career in Los Angeles congregations. He also served as a part time rabbi for Beth Hillel in Carmel, NJ while regional director and, after his URJ tenure, served as senior rabbi of Congregation M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ from 2011-2014.
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