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New Beginnings: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

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By Rev. Clay Nelson.

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Clay Nelson © 13 September 2015

Tonight at sundown the shofar will sound wherever Jews gather to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of a new year. The shofar, a ram’s horn, makes a sharp sound, not like any other, that is intended to pierce the armour around our heart. Where it is heard in the heart, it calls a quiet moment out from our busy day. Where it is heard in the mind, it calls us to pay attention. Where it is heard in the spirit, it beseeches us to return to ourselves: slow down and turn inward, become at one with ourselves. Continue reading New Beginnings: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur