Yom Kippur
Oct. 7th, 2011 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanI am not - as most of you know - an observant Jew. I am, in fact, a forgetting-to-practice Jew. But Yom Kippur... Yom Kippur I observe. Although I am not a member of a synagogue, I listen to the Kol Nidrei (thank you, Internets) and I fast, and I consider what it means, to open yourself up and offer forgiveness, to open yourself to others, and ask for forgiveness.
And how very hard, sometimes, both of those things are.
If, in the past year, I have caused you pain or hurt, either intentionally or unintentionally, I apologize, and I ask your forgiveness. May there be peace between us.
If, in the past year, you have caused me pain or hurt, either intentionally or unintentionally, I let go of any grudge or resentment. I forgive the harm, I let go of the hurt. I am at peace with you.
May we be released from all vows made to ourselves, or with our god, that proved impossible to keep, from all promises attempted but unfulfilled. May we be at peace with ourselves.
From this Day of Atonement until the next.
Amen.
G'mar Hatimah Tovah. May you be sealed for a good year in the Book of Life.
And how very hard, sometimes, both of those things are.
If, in the past year, I have caused you pain or hurt, either intentionally or unintentionally, I apologize, and I ask your forgiveness. May there be peace between us.
If, in the past year, you have caused me pain or hurt, either intentionally or unintentionally, I let go of any grudge or resentment. I forgive the harm, I let go of the hurt. I am at peace with you.
May we be released from all vows made to ourselves, or with our god, that proved impossible to keep, from all promises attempted but unfulfilled. May we be at peace with ourselves.
From this Day of Atonement until the next.
Amen.
G'mar Hatimah Tovah. May you be sealed for a good year in the Book of Life.
