“To everything, turn, turn, turn,
There is a season, turn, turn, turn,
And a time to every purpose under heaven”
So it is written in the Book of Ecclesiastes (3:1)
“Turning” is our metaphor for the liturgical Hebrew word, “T’Shuvah”, which means, Return and Repentance. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is a time for introspection, personal behavior inventory and soul searching. A time to ask for forgiveness from God for good deeds undone (acts of omission) and from our family and our friends for hurts, insults, rudeness and insensitive acts done to them (acts of commission). Our traditional Holiday greeting is: “SHANA TOVAH,” May you have a Good New Year. The “good” in life endures, has meaning, is pleasing to all who are fortunate enough be blessed with its presence.
On Friday, September 14th at 7:00pm, in the Oaks Commons, Room 212, the Elon Hillel student organization with Jewish Faculty and Staff will gather to welcome the New Jewish Year, 5768, with prayers, songs and the sounds of the Ram’s Horn – The Shofar.
This Holy Day Service is open to all members of our ELON FAMILY. Appropriate dress standards are requested (no jeans, no shorts, shirts with collars, tie optional).
For more information and to reserve your seat, please contact: Rabbi M. Green at mgreen9@elon.edu.
SHANA TOVAH to all,
SHALOM, Peace Be With You,
Rabbi Morton Green
Jewish Chaplain