The Most Important Prayer of Your Life

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment.”

— Dr. Elliott Malamet

In this special SOLJ (School of Living Jewishly) episode, Dr. Elliott Malamet brings us a conversation about the most important prayer Jewish people revisit each year at Rosh Hashanah, Unetanah Tokef. 

Rosh Hashanah is a time to reflect on the year that has just passed, and meditate on the one that is about to come. Each year we have a certain set of expectations that things will not change - but in anticipation of change, how can we prepare ourselves for the year ahead? How can we accept that death may come, or that loved ones may change life direction and move away?

At the end of this episode, stay tuned for Elliott’s practical questions and exercises that will help you to prepare for the High Holidays, and set intentions for how you would like to spend your time in the year to come.

This‌ ‌episode discusses:‌ ‌

✔   Preparing our thoughts and revisiting our routines in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah

✔   What to do when life’s plans get off track

✔   How to be more mindful of the time we have available to us

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Highlights:‌ ‌

00:01  Intro

01:20  High Holidays  

02:11  The most important prayer  

04:25  Routine expectations  

06:50  Denial of death

11:05  Dying vs. time passing  

14:32  Expectations vs. reality

17:00  Connection to the High Holidays 

19:46  Restarting and changing course  

23:19  Motivation to change  

25:37  Questions for change

27:31  Practical exercises 

Links:‌ ‌ 

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