Good afternoon Rabbi, Yes, as long as there is life there is hope.
My personal saying is that "life is great if you don't weaken".
I just looked it up to see where I might have heard it. Well, it's been in songs, poetry and written in books. I usually say it when things are not going so well. I have no idea when I first heard or read it; but, obviously it made a deep impression.
Pretty sure I'll be thinking of you and Shehechianu also. It can cover so many things you are right one could be saying it all day because new things are so often special events. Seeing chicks hatch, seeing the hen leading her little brood around and teaching them how to eat and drink, seeing seeds sprout, and yes the new clothes and such.
I couldn't hear the Shofar so I went to You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ht0ailWQf8 As I listened to it I looked at the wonderful picture of the sea that you posted.
Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year and many more to come.
Oh, bye the way, I never even knew the Jewish people had their own New Year until you wrote about it. :-)
Thank You Rabbi for this lovely meditation. My Irish Catholic Mother's favorite and often said quote was "Where there is Life, there is Hope".
As a long time Volunteer in a Cancer Treatment Center, I said this to many patients and it not only helped to dispel fear, it seemed to greatly prolong lives.
Today’s essay was delightful. A peaceful and healthy New Year to you and all of yours, from me. Faithfully, Claudia. (But most of all, good health to you💙).
L´shana tovah u´metukah Rabbi Hammerman. Good health in this new year, over all other wishes, for you and your family. I´ll hear the shofar the first time this morning as a MOT in the Ohel Jakob Synagogue in Munich. And I love that prayer. And everything you write! So hang in there, keep us nourished with knowledge and wisdom. You are very important to us all!
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Good afternoon Rabbi, Yes, as long as there is life there is hope.
My personal saying is that "life is great if you don't weaken".
I just looked it up to see where I might have heard it. Well, it's been in songs, poetry and written in books. I usually say it when things are not going so well. I have no idea when I first heard or read it; but, obviously it made a deep impression.
Pretty sure I'll be thinking of you and Shehechianu also. It can cover so many things you are right one could be saying it all day because new things are so often special events. Seeing chicks hatch, seeing the hen leading her little brood around and teaching them how to eat and drink, seeing seeds sprout, and yes the new clothes and such.
I couldn't hear the Shofar so I went to You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ht0ailWQf8 As I listened to it I looked at the wonderful picture of the sea that you posted.
Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year and many more to come.
Oh, bye the way, I never even knew the Jewish people had their own New Year until you wrote about it. :-)
Thank you
Thank You Rabbi for this lovely meditation. My Irish Catholic Mother's favorite and often said quote was "Where there is Life, there is Hope".
As a long time Volunteer in a Cancer Treatment Center, I said this to many patients and it not only helped to dispel fear, it seemed to greatly prolong lives.
Today’s essay was delightful. A peaceful and healthy New Year to you and all of yours, from me. Faithfully, Claudia. (But most of all, good health to you💙).
Shana Tova
L´shana tovah u´metukah Rabbi Hammerman. Good health in this new year, over all other wishes, for you and your family. I´ll hear the shofar the first time this morning as a MOT in the Ohel Jakob Synagogue in Munich. And I love that prayer. And everything you write! So hang in there, keep us nourished with knowledge and wisdom. You are very important to us all!