[5779]

[hermionesviolin]

As has become my custom, reposting this from Amy:

One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others.

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Anonymous is enabled, and all comments are screened. If I've done anything to hurt you this year, let me know. If there's anything you think I might still be upset over, let me know that too. I won't unscreen unless you specifically request I do [...] The goal isn't to start fresh- that's often not possible- but to acknowledge what has happened over this year (or any previous time, if you so choose) as an attempt to not have it happen again.

I promise to treat anything you say seriously and respectfully, and I will seriously be considering it over the next ten days.

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Rabbi Danya Rutenberg (TheRaDR) has been posting a lot recently about teshuvah, about repentance and forgiveness. But I honestly don't have much in the way of thoughts this (Jewish) New Year.

I did read a bunch of Jewish picturebooks! (After someone I follow RTed a thread about a culturally-clueless Kirkus review of Where's the Potty on This Ark?, I checked out Kar-Ben's catalog and got a bunch of their books from the library.)

I would especially recommend:

• Talia and the Rude Vegetables written by Linda Elovitz Marshall & illustrated by Francesca Assirelli
  
• One Good Deed written by Terri Fields & illustrated by Deborah Melmon
  
• Rosie Saves the World written by Debbie Herman & illustrated by Tammie Lyons

[I am always happy to chat about books. Just LMK if it's okay for me to unscreen your comment, since comments on this entry are screened.]