For most of us, in this busy and hectic world our attention is numbed by political ads for the upcoming Presidential election as well as tensions surrounding the brutal and unnecessary focus of mobs storming our U.S. Embassies around the world. In a sense, we would like to "start over" with a New Year...why wait until December 31, 2012. Well, you can!!
This week in September 2012 marks the dawning of "Rosh Hashanah" or YEAR 5773. This important date marks the beginning of the 10-day holiday that will end with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This is an important time to to be charitable and thankful, and, above all, to deepen your connection to God and fellow people through prayer and penitence.
So, yes...you CAN have a "do-over" and start new...or, just simply "pick up where you left off" with those "resolutions" you made a little over 9-months ago! In this year of 5773, let us all recommit ourselves to those things that bring peace and the presence of God's love in this world that seems confused, bewildered and lost in unrest.
