By: Liat Kirby-Nagar

Liat Kirby-Nagar — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:13:57 +0000

Thank you for your quite profound discussion on being religious, or not. I think perhaps becoming religious, in the context of your comments, can be a very long journey, and I also think that to be truly religious is not a state reached by arriving at a fixed point (through continued and unquestioning practice)and not varying from it. Paradoxically, I believe that to do the latter means in real terms to veer away from G-d rather than become closer to G-d, because one stops thinking and striving and living life more holistically, and, in fact, approaches G-d by rote. Perhaps a more ‘stumbling’ and less sure approach, a reaching for and communicating with G-d, albeit at a distance from a very inner part of us that prompts it, is what informs those attending Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services who don’t normally attend synagogue throughout the year.

Your words strike deep in this beautifully composed Rosh HaShanah message.

By: Milton David Fisher

Milton David Fisher — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:43:49 +0000

Dear Rabbi Apple,

I have heard Adon Olam sung to different melodies in different congregations. How many melodies do you know of?

Comments on: God without religion…a Rosh Hashanah message

By: Liat Kirby-Nagar

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