http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/09/09/1317/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/09/09/1317/#comment-244227 Shira Schmidt Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:49:23 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/09/09/1317/#comment-244227 I also wrote on Ellul preparation, in the Jerusalem Post Friday Magazine (24 bEllul; 7 Sept) but from a somewhat piquant angle. Titled “Having a Blast on the Beach” the article described one of our lifeguards on the separate (men/women) swimming beach in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya. Having come back to a traditional lifestyle, he faced the question of which approach to teshuva to follow - repudiation (of his love of the beach) or sublimation (into pikuah nefesh). Both teshuva approaches have a talmudic basis. His rabbis advised him to take the latter course, and he now blows shofar every morning in Ellul for the people on the beach – during his morning lifeguarding break. You can see a photo I took of him and read my discussion of repudiation versus sublimation as ways to teshuva at http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1188392551531&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull I also wrote on Ellul preparation, in the Jerusalem Post Friday Magazine (24 bEllul; 7 Sept) but from a somewhat piquant angle. Titled “Having a Blast on the Beach” the article described one of our lifeguards on the separate (men/women) swimming beach in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya. Having come back to a traditional lifestyle, he faced the question of which approach to teshuva to follow - repudiation (of his love of the beach) or sublimation (into pikuah nefesh). Both teshuva approaches have a talmudic basis. His rabbis advised him to take the latter course, and he now blows shofar every morning in Ellul for the people on the beach – during his morning lifeguarding break. You can see a photo I took of him and read my discussion of repudiation versus sublimation as ways to teshuva at http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1188392551531&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

]]> http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/09/09/1317/#comment-243809 dr. william gewirtz Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:09:10 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/09/09/1317/#comment-243809 Shir haShirim (5:3) - shana tova Shir haShirim (5:3) - shana tova

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