Forgiveness - What is it? What does it mean? Who to? Why?
These are questions we are Jews ponder between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
This year I have pondered on what it would take on my part to forgive the Jewish communities of North New Jersey and downstate New York. I have reached out, only to be told that they hope that I would find it myself to forgive and be forgiven. I think that IF I could even get a recognition of what we went thru, the HELL they put us thru, I could find myself healing and forgiving... But NOTHING. Only the words of that I could "forgive and be forgiven"...
This is why I am a part of the RRR Jewish community (Reform, Reconstruction, Renewal), the Orthodox community drove us info.
I still find it hard to not have the anger boil over, as a community, please forgive my words.
If I have written anything that has offended anyone on the DK list, I am sorry. I hope to do better next year.
DBA
Thu Sep 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM PT: Just refresh from getting this out late last night.