Hooray Weekly

L'Shana tova! Happy New Year! Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe are upon us as we stand at the beginning of new things, new activities and a new year. What are you hoping for? What will you choose for yourself? How will you live into this opportunity before you? Join Lee Ann (whether you are Jewish or not!) as she offers a short reflection on Rosh Hashanah. Meditation resources are from Gates of Repentance: The New Union Prayerbook for the Days of Awe. Maimonides (Sephardic Jewish philosopher and Torah scholar from the 12 century) quotes: “Freewill is given to every human being. If we wish to incline ourselves toward goodness and righteousness, we are free to do so; and if we wish to incline ourselves toward evil, we are also free to do that. From Scripture (Genesis 3:22) we learn that the human species, with its knowledge of good and evil, is unique among all earth’s creatures. Of our own accord, by our own faculty of intelligence and understanding, we can distinguish between good and evil, doing as we