Jewish Wisdom
Bill Mckibben, Deena Metzger, Shaul Magid, Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Mark Marmur, Avner Gvaryahu, Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi

Reflections on Repentance to Help Heal Our World from Various Thinkers

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Bill McKibben – https://youtu.be/47ILVzwJ17s

Deena Metzger – https://youtu.be/k2Ia2wuUg4w

Shaul Magid – https://youtu.be/fsSyrCA-C7I

Arthur Waskow – https://youtu.be/bKhvWW7I0u8

Rabbi Mark Marmur – https://youtu.be/W-vr43iF-T0

Breaking the Silence – https://youtu.be/njfYWirxYQs

Originally delivered at the Worship and Study Harvard Hillel, Yom Kippur, Sept. 18, 2010
Repurposed for the Tikkun community, September 2020; Elul 5780
By Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi 

I want to talk about teshuva. This word, that connotes repentance in Hebrew, literally means return. I’ve long been fascinated by the notion of return to some pristine state—‘renew our days as of old’ [חדש ימינו כקדם] and wondered what the collective voice is pointing to when it invokes something called קדם [Kedem]. This is not limited to the High Holiday liturgy.