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#BlogElul 2013 Day 20, Judge

"The word l’hitpalel, usually rendered in English as “to pray,” actually means “to judge oneself. Perhaps the One to Whom I pray can help me figure out how to balance the actions that others see with what I know I am capable of doing, and thus help me see myself more clearly."

#BlogElul 2013 Day 19, Ask

If nonverbal communication is so powerful, why can't my husband read my mind?

#BlogElul 2013 Day 18, Pray

Lately I've been wondering what the praying brain looks like. At Stanford, they've studied monks in meditation.

#BlogElul 2013 Day 17, Awaken

I went to sleep last night with a lot on my mind.

#BlogElul 2013 Day 16, Change

Deborah Grayson Riegel of the Jewish Coaching Academy (and author of Oy Vey Isn't a Strategy) has counter intuitive wisdom. If I focus on what is going perfectly for me, I will be better equipped to make changes I want (or NEED) to make . . . . Here's a CHANGE of pace--read her rather than me!

#BlogElul 2013 Day 15, Learn

Have brains changed? When I was young the standard knowledge about the brain was that it started out with all the cells it was going to get, and that the best we could do was to hope not to lose too many to profligate living along the way. I recall especially a public service ad of an egg frying: "This is your brain on drugs."

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#BlogElul 2013 Day 14, Remember

Don Weber, 1936-2012 Jacob Behrman, 1921-2012

#BlogElul 2013 Day 13, Forgive

Go ahead and be selfish: forgive someone who has done you wrong.

#BlogElul 2013 Day 12, Trust

"Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely." (Job 11:18)

#BlogElul 2013 Day 11, Count

So I was actually involved recently in an online discussion of when to say ‘fewer’ and when to say ‘less’ (and yes, former high school pals—I am still that geeky). Frankly, after all the flak I’ve gotten over the years from correcting my children on this point it was rather refreshing to stumble upon some like-minded souls who also care about such linguistic difference—even if several of them seem to be Brits with a compulsive need to pun. (The internet is an intriguing place).

#BlogElul 2013 Day 10, See

"Therefore you are my witnesses, says Adonai, and I am God." (Isaiah 43.12) "When you are My witnesses, I am God, but when you are not My witnesses, I am not God, if one may say such a thing." (Sifre to Deuteronomy Piska 346)

#BlogElul 2013 Day 9, Hear

"Am I just background noise?"

Project Based Thinking for the High Holidays: #BlogElul 2013

Can you schedule reflection? Can you plan inspiration? Rabbi Phyllis Sommer has been encouraging friends and colleagues to #BlogElul. With a list of crowdsourced topics from "Prepare" and "Know", to "Accept" and "Bless" she has created a schedule covering every day during the month of Elul. 29 topics for 29 days to help participants reflect on the coming High Holy Days.

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