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Rabbi Arthur Segal

Rabbi Arthur Segal’s love of people, humanity, and Judaism has him sharing with others “The Wisdom of the Ages” that has been passed on to him. His writings for modern Jews offer Spiritual, Ethical, and eco-Judaic lessons in plain English and with relevance to contemporary lifestyles. He is the author of countless articles, editorials, letters, and blog posts, and he has recently published two books:

The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Transformation for the Modern Jew

and

A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud

You can learn more about these books at:

www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org
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Monday, September 8, 2008

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH RENEWAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:ROSH HA SHANA

  RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH RENEWAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:ROSH HA SHANA
 
Dear Editor:
 
The theater of the absurd is being played upon our national stage regarding pregnancy vis a vis qualifications for Federal office. As a Rabbi, I am reminded of the opening prayer of our September 29 Rosh Ha Shana services: ''Hayom Harat Olam! Today is the birthday of the world!" Literally the Hebrew means: ''Today is pregnant with eternity!''
 
What wonderful opportunities we in America are given with our election process. Rosh ha Shana and our ballots conceive new intentions and birth new possibilities. Today we are alive on this planet. Our choices today will gestate our children's destiny. This moment is pregnant with hopes, with insights, with opportunities as great as eternity!
 
While we search our hearts and listen to that ''still small Voice,'' let us balance justice with loving-kindness. Jews sound a ram's horn, as our shofar,  because it is spiraled. It reminds us to turn back toward what is right, to return from the escarpment's edge.
 
The Kabbalists teach that the Hebrew word ''king'' alludes to Hebrew words for ''brain, heart and liver.'' Just as the liver filters blood before it enters the heart, the heart refines it further  before sending it to the brain. So must a good leader be intellectually and spiritually refined. 
 
The blasts of the shofar tell all humanity, as we vote, quoting Rabbi Seidenberg, ''Today you will find courage. Today you will be blessed. Today you will be inscribed to live. Today, if you will listen to the Voice.''
 
Rabbi Arthur Segal
Hilton Head Island,SC
Bluffton, SC
 

 



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Posted by Rabbi Arthur Segal at Monday, September 08, 2008