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Rosh Hashanah, perhaps the most universalist of the Jewish holidays, celebrates the creation of Adam and Eve, and inaugurates a period of deep introspection, reflection and personal accountability heshbon ha-nefesh, leading to Yom Kippur, a day of at-one-ment with one's God and one's fellow human beings.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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Rosh Hashanah, perhaps the most universalist of the Jewish holidays, celebrates the creation of Adam and Eve, and inaugurates a period of deep introspection, reflection and personal accountability heshbon ha-nefesh, leading to Yom Kippur, a day of at-one-ment with one's God and one's fellow human beings.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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Also writing in the JTA, Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block¹, director of the PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values of BBYO calls for a much-needed heshbon nefesh (accounting of the soul) about what is the goal of all this service, “Is this work a fundamental part of who we are as a people, or is it just another engagement tool?”
Community Service on MLK Day and What It Can Mean « The Blog at 16th and Q 2010
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Rosh Hashanah, perhaps the most universalist of the Jewish holidays, celebrates the creation of Adam and Eve, and inaugurates a period of deep introspection, reflection and personal accountability heshbon ha-nefesh, leading to Yom Kippur, a day of at-one-ment with one's God and one's fellow human beings.
Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Approaching Tishrei: Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011
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This process of heshbon nefesh, of "soul searching," is a daunting task.
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This process of heshbon nefesh, of "soul searching," is a daunting task.
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This process of heshbon nefesh, of "soul searching," is a daunting task.
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This process of heshbon nefesh, of "soul searching," is a daunting task.
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In both religions, it is a time of looking into our hearts, a time of heshbon nefesh, of soul searching, of striving to come closer to one's Creator, a time of prayer, of forgiveness, a time of change.
Ir Amim: Voices From Jerusalem: A City of Delicate Balance 2009
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That is obviously a very personal negotiation and each of us has very different issues to consider as part our heshbon ha nefesh -- the examination of our soul.
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