Dear Friends,
I wanted to share a note I sent to our children and hope that during this Yom Kippur you will have a similar conversation with those with whom you are close. Forgiveness sounds like it would be so easy; and yet, to truly forgive someone is a very difficult enterprise. I hope we are able to find it in our hearts to seek and grant forgiveness.
May you all be sealed for a wonderful new year. At the conclusion of this note, please find a couple of articles that you might find interesting.
Rabbi Bruce Aft
Hey Everyone,
I hope that all of you are sealed for a wonderful, safe, fulfilling, and healthy year filled with lots of love and happy moments.
Many years ago, I asked you for a list of things for which I needed to be forgiven and made my own list of things for which I thought I needed to be forgiven. There was no overlap in the lists! I guess my point is that sometimes I am sure I have done something to upset you and hope you will forgive me. Being a dad is a wonderful privilege but also very challenging as we all wrestle with how to be the best person/parent we can be….
So, I hope that we start the new year fresh and that during this time of forgiveness, you will let go of anything I have done to wrong you. I assure you that nothing hurtful was done intentionally.
I love you all!
Love,
Dad
Links of interest on this holiday eve:
Kol Nidre (from Wikipedia)
Shofar Blowing Guide