Comments for The Little Minyan http://www.littleminyan.org A vibrant Reconstructionist Jewish community in Central Ohio Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Tashlich 5772 – Down by the Riverside by Sharon Tinianow http://www.littleminyan.org/2011/10/01/284/#comment-727 Sharon Tinianow Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:39:21 +0000 http://www.littleminyan.org/?p=284#comment-727 And, what we discovered is that people are part of creation - not apart from it. So, whether the misdeed hurt a person, the environment or yourself, it was a sin against creation (or an environmental sin.) We went on to discover that Judaism gives us a way to reconnect with the rest of creation and remind us of our role as stewards of the earth. It is the seventh day - Shabbat - that reconnects us to the higher purpose towards which we are called. Sharon And, what we discovered is that people are part of creation – not apart from it. So, whether the misdeed hurt a person, the environment or yourself, it was a sin against creation (or an environmental sin.)

We went on to discover that Judaism gives us a way to reconnect with the rest of creation and remind us of our role as stewards of the earth. It is the seventh day – Shabbat – that reconnects us to the higher purpose towards which we are called.

Sharon

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