Dear Friends,
As we get closer to Rosh Hashanah, now is the time to make a New Years resolution, to pick an area to focus on improving. Something specific and doable.
What is Your Number One Spiritual Stumbling Block?
Have a great week,
Yaakov
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Saturday, August 18, 2018
“Am I a Faker or a Genuine Person?”
Dear Friends,
When thinking about working on ourselves during the month of Elul, an important question to ask is, “Am I a Faker or a Genuine Person?”
Have a great week,
Yaakov
When thinking about working on ourselves during the month of Elul, an important question to ask is, “Am I a Faker or a Genuine Person?”
Have a great week,
Yaakov
Saturday, August 11, 2018
The 10 Item Daily Checklist
Dear Friends,
Chodesh tov. Sunday is the first day of the month of Elul. With the beginning of Elul we start to think about the area of our lives we want to work on this High Holiday season.
This article can be helpful in choosing an area to focus on:
Have a great week,
Yaakov
Saturday, August 4, 2018
How to Strengthen Your Commitment to Judaism and Elul Post
Dear Friends,
I updated this article, honing it down to 8 ways to strengthen your commitment:
How to Strengthen Your Commitment to Judaism
The rest of this post is about the Jewish month of Elul, as it relates to The Chazak Plan: A 12 Month Journey to Spiritual Strength.
Rosh Chodesh Elul begins Shabbos, Friday night, the 10th of August and lasts for two days.
Elul is the time of year we take stock of our lives and prepare for the High Holidays. Most of us have at least one area in which we struggle; perhaps it is being ethical in business, being moral, being charitable and kind, refraining from hurting others, or some other area. Correcting our key flaw(s) is a major part of our life’s mission and why God put us in this world.
Pick one area on which to focus and choose a manageable change you will make on a daily or weekly basis; you can input this change into your calendar or checklist. If possible, speak to your rabbi or spiritual mentor for guidance. The focus on repentance continues into next month until after Yom Kippur.
As the High Holidays involve reciting many prayers, for suggestions on how to enhance your prayers, see, “How to Unlock the Hidden Power of Prayer.”
Questions for the month:
“Which area do I struggle with that I’m motivated to address this Elul?”
“What is a manageable commitment I will make?
“Is it clear to me what area to focus on and how to repent (if necessary)? If it is not clear, who can I speak to for guidance?”
I updated this article, honing it down to 8 ways to strengthen your commitment:
How to Strengthen Your Commitment to Judaism
The rest of this post is about the Jewish month of Elul, as it relates to The Chazak Plan: A 12 Month Journey to Spiritual Strength.
Rosh Chodesh Elul begins Shabbos, Friday night, the 10th of August and lasts for two days.
Elul is the time of year we take stock of our lives and prepare for the High Holidays. Most of us have at least one area in which we struggle; perhaps it is being ethical in business, being moral, being charitable and kind, refraining from hurting others, or some other area. Correcting our key flaw(s) is a major part of our life’s mission and why God put us in this world.
Pick one area on which to focus and choose a manageable change you will make on a daily or weekly basis; you can input this change into your calendar or checklist. If possible, speak to your rabbi or spiritual mentor for guidance. The focus on repentance continues into next month until after Yom Kippur.
As the High Holidays involve reciting many prayers, for suggestions on how to enhance your prayers, see, “How to Unlock the Hidden Power of Prayer.”
Questions for the month:
“Which area do I struggle with that I’m motivated to address this Elul?”
“What is a manageable commitment I will make?
“Is it clear to me what area to focus on and how to repent (if necessary)? If it is not clear, who can I speak to for guidance?”
Take care and may God grant us success in the coming month,
Yaakov
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