What do we need to release—and what do we need to hold onto? This week, Parashat Ki Teitzei, the Elul practice of RELEASE, and an extraordinary response from the Jewish community remind me that we are individual threads woven into something much larger.
Hope
In the Liminal Space Between Endings and Beginnings
Each year on Simchat Torah, we complete the reading of Deuteronomy and immediately begin Genesis, stepping into the liminal space between endings and beginnings. This sacred turning invites us to hold joy and sorrow, grief and hope, as we remember, reflect, and renew our connection to the Divine and to one another.