Echoes of Elul 5781

Shalom and welcome to our annual blog, the Echoes of Elul.  Beginning Monday, August 9, 2021  a new Echo will be sent via email and posted on the TBS website each day of Elul. Echoes are a compilation of personal reflections, insights, and memories. The format includes short essays, poetry, art and music. Introspection helps guide us as we reflect on the past year and move forward with faith, forgiveness, and renewal. Contributions are shared online with the congregation during Elul. The messages of the Echoes encourage us to engage and reflect on commonalities and insights during this significant period, as we prepare for the High Holy Days.

Join us as we journey through the passages known as Echoes of Elul.

Risè Kirbo

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Echoes of Elul, Day 29: A Meditation

As the 29 days of Elul come to a close today, Rabbi Lipper shares “A Meditation” for us to read ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 28: Change

Alan Shebroe As the Maharal of Prague said, “All the month of Elul, before eating and sleeping, a person should ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 27: Reframing the Magic

Suzette Zazueta During a period of debilitating depression, my grim reality seemed to last forever. I longed for a magic ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 26: Memories, Role Models and a Milk Can

Monica Engel I have a small tray on the counter where I fix my face every day. I happened to ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 25: The Eyes of a Child

Cindy Grossberg One of the joys of being a “Nana” is being able to see the world through the eyes ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 24: Excerpt from “Carcass of the Lion”

By Martin Nakell From a novel-in-progress: Carcass of the Lion. In an 1897 Pogrom, Herschel Davidowicz, age 6, witnessing the ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 23: In the Beginning Our Children Saw…

Early Childhood Center Our preschool teachers suggested the children contribute to Echoes of Elul this year. The children were read ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 22: Murphy

By Mike Rubin It has been three weeks and tears still flow from my eyes when I say Murphy’s name, ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 21: Sometimes

By Angela Holmes Sometimes we pull away from trials of the heart and/or psyche with little emotional residue. Sometimes we ...
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Echoes of Elul, Day 20: On My 80th Birthday…

By Rita Zipnick I celebrated my 80th birthday on July 14th, 2021. The occasion put me in a very reflective ...
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