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Between Intention and Action Welcoming the Days Of August/September 2014 Av/Elul 5774 Tishrei 5775 Vol. 41 No. 1 Welcoming the Between Days of Awe Intention Pages 3-7 and Action Sometimes the thematic vocabulary of the High Holidays becomes so familiar—year after year, service after service—that we cease to hear it. We say teshuvah and speak of repentance and return; we chant chadesh yameinu and speak of renewal. But do we believe it? The whole moral economy of the Days of Awe is predicated upon belief in the possibility of change—beginning in our hearts, flowing into our relationships, reaching out into God’s world. But if those three R’s—repentance, return, renewal—are just the sound of Rabbi David wispy rhetorical longing, then Stern they lose their teeth, the High Holy Days lose their power and we run the risk of losing hope. Then along comes this wonderful poem by Jane Hirschfield (see next page), with a blunt and liberating reminder: “What is usual is not what is always.” Sometimes I think if we could just remember those eight words—when philanthropywe are so sure of how someone will react to what we say,d sow¨ surec¨v§ that they will be harsh, unkind or unlistening; or so sure that we can take their forgiveness for granted. When we HAVING A BLAST! Shown are the Ba’alei Tekiah, those who sound the shofar for are so sure of their viewpoint based on their Temple. L-r, bottom row: David Zimmerman, Max Karp, Noah Grimsley, politics or their Miriam Kolni. 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When we say A favorite story from my late of the summer meadow: We have a of ourselves that we can’t change father: Once, as a young rabbi, choice about the next step. Shanah because this is how we have always he was standing in the hall after Tovah— may this be a good and been. When we say that anyone else Hebrew School had let out and sweet year for us all. would have acted in the same way. heard a boy talking on the phone to That’s when we need the reminder: his mother, insisting that she come What is Usual is Not What is usual is not what is always. to pick him up right away even What is Always The past may be prologue, but it is though he lived less than a five- not destiny. Sometimes in old age, minute walk from the synagogue. What is usual is not what is and sometimes in a relationship, My father said to the boy: “Do you always. hearing comes back. really need to bother your mother As sometimes, in old age, hearing At a spirituality retreat this to come get you when you could just comes back. summer, we received a simple walk home?” The boy responded Footsteps resume their clipped instruction for walking meditation: somewhat churlishly: “Well, I guess edges, Try to notice the moment between I’m just selfish.” My father replied: birds quiet for decades migrate when you lift your foot and when “Maybe, but that’s not all that you back to the ear. you set it back down. In other words, are.” Where were they? By what route try to notice the space between That’s what these Days of Awe did they return? intention and action, the space are about—not only to recognize that indicates that what you think our shortcomings, but also to A woman mute for years forms one perfect sentence is automatic or reflexive is in fact a understand that they are not before she dies. choice. You could keep your foot in inevitable, nor permanent, nor the air for longer, you could stand defining. As that wise rabbi once The bitter young man tires; still, you could start hopping across said, they are not all that we are. the aged one sitting now in his the meadow. What is usual is not what is always: body is tender, his face carries no regret for his The High Holy Days are about Silence can become speech, anger choices. that moment—a 10-day breathing can become forgiveness, certainty into the space between intention can give way to curiosity. That is What is usual is not what is and action. What were my choices in the hope of these days—not a hope always, the day says again. the past year? When did I confuse so grandiose as to be ungraspable, It is all it can offer. the habitual with the necessary? not fairy tale consolations, but Not ungraspable hope, not the When did I relegate to reflex what the simple reminder “that there consolation of stories. was in fact a choice, even though is exception.” That is a powerful Only the reminder that I may not have been sufficiently place to start. Because whether you there is exception. aware of my own volition? When did discern it in the words of the prayer I mistake the usual for the always, book, in silence or song, in sacred -Jane Hirschfield, from After, 2006 and squeeze out the possibility of an conversation or in your own heart’s OUR FUTURE | UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEHIND THE FENCE Our construction partners are working on preliminary projects in support of the exciting building project that will create new classrooms, a new worship space and a new gathering space. Over the past several weeks, work has been under way to move playground equipment, choose seating for the new chapel, prepare the site for construction, create a secure area, work out details and installation of a new telephone and network system and take an inventory of furnishings. OUR TEMPLE | OUR FUTURE If you have not yet given, please consider a meaningful gift to the capital campaign 2 funding Temple’s expansion. https://participate.tedallas.org/OTOFdonation HIGH HOLY DAYS BEGINNINGS The aleph holds a special place in Judaism. It is the beginning of the Hebrew alphabet, the first letter of the word echad (one), emet (truth), emunah (trust) and Elul, the month that begins the annual cycle of reflection and introspection leading to the work of teshuvah, repair and renewal. The year 5775 ushers in new beginnings at Temple, too. Consider it something of a regenerating year, in which we will experience some discomfort as we transition our beloved building. In the months ahead, the new spaces we have just dreamed about will take shape behind those fences and start to lead us to the dynamic, vital Temple of the future. A new beginning, indeed. Aleph, Echad, Emet, Emunah—Emanu-El. L’shanah tovah tikateivu. 3 HIGH HOLY DAYS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CANDICE & ROBERT HAAS VISITING SCHOLARS ENDOWMENT FUND Selichot Weekend with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Nehemia Polen v b U n t u , n t W,bUnt v C r Sonic Ark-itecture "What we really want The Embodied Spirituality of Song always is intimacy— Friday, September 19 s j t I n J U s j t h h 6:15PM – Olan Sanctuary with God however I understand God; with Settle it Into Your Heart The Poetry of Storytelling in Hasidism other human beings; Saturday, September 20 with the universe; 10AM – Pollman Hall with my own deep self." Complimentary lunch to follow — Rabbi Nehemia Polen, RSVP participate.tedallas.org/ Scholar-in-Residence selichot-weekend-meal-rsvp Sacred Transitions The Joyous Work of Self-Discovery Havdalah and Selichot Reception at 7:45PM – Tobian Foyer Nehemia Polen is a leading expert in Study & Service at 8:30PM – Linz Hall Hasidism and Jewish thought and an exceptionally delightful teacher. His books include Filling Words With Light: Hasidic and Cultivating the Inner Mensch A Spiritual Toolkit for Families Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayerwritten with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. Rabbi Polen Sunday, September 21 holds a doctorate from Boston University, 9:30AM – Linz Hall where he served as a teaching fellow for Refreshments will be served Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel.
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