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FIND NEW ROADS
cess at the beginning
of Elul, she said, "by
Rosh Hashanah, we'll
have done something
that helps us step
back and see how
we've changed —
and how we need to
change" in the com-
ing year.
Then, during the
10 days between
Rosh Hashanah
Michele Siegal of JTS, Rabbi Abigail Treu and Joyce
and Yom Kippur,
Weingarten, a Women's League for Conservative
we can think about
Judaism vice president
how we're going to
make those changes.
Maybe it will mean making changes in
Barbara Lewis
Special to the Jewish News
relationships, she said. Maybe it will
mean bringing new relationships into
11 Jewish holidays take a lot
our lives.
of preparation — just ask
Preparatory activities can include
journaling, communing with nature,
anyone who has cleaned a
kitchen for Passover or made lathes for
partnering with a trusted friend or sim-
ply reading inspirational material.
50. But Rabbi Abigail Treu says prepar-
ing for the High Holidays is different,
involving something much deeper than
Start Journaling
searching for chametz or shopping for
Spending as little as 10 minutes a day
writing can help focus your thinking,
potatoes.
Treu thinks of the High Holidays as
Treu said. "You can find a quiet spot
a life-cycle event that marks an impor-
and write in a journal, or you can sit at
tant moment as much as a birthday or
your computer7
anniversary.
If you like the idea but don't know
"We change every year; said Treu, 38, how to start, Treu recommends a book
by two Reform rabbis, Kerry Olitzky
Torah Fund executive director and
a rabbinic fellow at the Jewish Theolog-
and Rachel Sabath, titled Preparing
ical Seminary in New York. "None of us Your Heart for the High Holidays: A
is the same person he or she was a year
Guided Journal. The book contains
ago. So the meaning of the holidays
"trigger questions" for each of the 30
changes for us every year, too:'
days of Elul and the 10 Days.
Traditionally, the 10 Days of Awe
In the digital world, Treu likes www.
between Rosh Hashanah and Yom
doyoulOQ.com from Reboot. Its cre-
Kippur are a time to repent in order to
ators describe Reboot as a "catalyst to
avert any bad judgment that God may
catalysts" — a network of people work-
have passed upon us. As the liturgy
ing to "reboot" our inherited culture,
says, "On Rosh Hashanah (our fate)
rituals and traditions and make them
is written, and on Yom Kippur it is
vital and resonant in our own lives.
sealed"
During each of the 10 Days, partici-
But those who seek spiritual meaning pants answer one question a day. These
in the holidays often start earlier, at the
include "Describe a significant experi-
start of Elul (Aug. 7), the last month
ence that has happened in the past year.
of the Hebrew calendar, said Treu,
How did it affect you? Are you grate-
who spoke twice earlier this month to
ful? Relieved? Resentful? Inspired?"
nearly 200 women attending events
and "Describe one thing you'd like to
sponsored by the sisterhoods of the
achieve by this time next year. Why is
area's Conservative congregations: Adat
this important to you?"
Shalom, Beth Ahm, Beth Shalom, B'nai
Each participant has a private space
Israel, B'nai Moshe and Shaarey Zedek.
at 10Q where the answers are stored.
"Preparing spiritually requires deep
They can be kept private or shared
introspection; she said. "We have to
(anonymously) with others online. Next
look inside ourselves to see who we are
year, when the High Holidays approach,
and where we are:' If we start this pro-
Reboot will send all the participants