Jewish Food For Thought - "Selichot" begins...

[Book of Jeremiah]

[ame=http://youtu.be/ngjCmgUsfv0]Landlord (Theme: Forgiveness) - Jewish Food For Thought, The Animated Series, by Hanan Harchol - YouTube[/ame]

This is the start of "Selichot" & Repent from Sin. Watch this wonderful little cartoon video about the difficulty of forgiveness from someone who has done wrong against you and the ability to overcome it.

Shalom.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I have learned more about forgiveness from the Jews ( especially the Israelites ) than any other people on earth. Even if you are not Jewish - watch this video! You will learn alot! If they can help me? They can help ANYONE!!! - Jeri

 

[ForeverYoung436]

I have learned more about forgiveness from the Jews ( especially the Israelites ) than any other people on earth. Even if you are not Jewish - watch this video! You will learn alot! If they can help me? They can help ANYONE!!! - Jeri

On Rosh Hashanah, G-d judges everyone in the world, not just the Jewish people. Like it says in the prayerbook--"All the people of the world pass before Him like sheep, and He decides...who shall live, and who shall die, who by fire, and who by water, who shall become rich, and who shall become poor, who shall wander, and who shall have peace..."

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I have learned more about forgiveness from the Jews ( especially the Israelites ) than any other people on earth. Even if you are not Jewish - watch this video! You will learn alot! If they can help me? They can help ANYONE!!! - Jeri

On Rosh Hashanah, G-d judges everyone in the world, not just the Jewish people. Like it says in the prayerbook--"All the people of the world pass before Him like sheep, and He decides...who shall live, and who shall die, who by fire, and who by water, who shall become rich, and who shall become poor, who shall wander, and who shall have peace..."

I agree with you, Forever. This is true although I have never heard it put this way - it is exactly as I picture G-d would do. He judges everyone in the world and I believe G-d is deciding right this very moment who shall die, who by fire, who by water, who shall become rich, who shall become poor, who shall wander and who shall have peace.. it is a blessing to read what you wrote and I just wanted to say thank you. I am grateful for learning something new. Thank you again. I have purposed in my heart not to have any unforgiveness in my heart towards anyone. They cannot make me not love them. That is my decision and I'm not going to not love because of something someone else did. Like the wise father said in the cartoon. That is their decision. This has nothing to do with me. I took his words to heart. He is right. Thank G-d for wise fathers. The boy in the cartoon was blessed. It was a good lesson. - Jeri

 

[CMike]

Landlord (Theme: Forgiveness) - Jewish Food For Thought, The Animated Series, by Hanan Harchol - YouTube

This is the start of "Selichot" & Repent from Sin. Watch this wonderful little cartoon video about the difficulty of forgiveness from someone who has done wrong against you and the ability to overcome it.

Shalom.

That was excellent. Thank you.

There was a chabad/jewish leader who said there are three levels of forgiveness

1) Not wanting anything bad to happen to the person (lowest level)

2) Having a relationship with the person again

3) Having the same relationship with the person before the act

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Landlord (Theme: Forgiveness) - Jewish Food For Thought, The Animated Series, by Hanan Harchol - YouTube

This is the start of "Selichot" & Repent from Sin. Watch this wonderful little cartoon video about the difficulty of forgiveness from someone who has done wrong against you and the ability to overcome it.

Shalom.

That was excellent. Thank you.

There was a chabad/jewish leader who said there are three levels of forgiveness

1) Not wanting anything bad to happen to the person (lowest level)

2) Having a relationship with the person again

3) Having the same relationship with the person before the act

Mike, once again you have taught me something I did not know. This makes sense to me. It is powerful and cuts me to the core of my being. Three is hard to get to, Mike. I'm trying. When I think only of G-d and what He wants then I can do it. But the minute I think of myself I find myself resisting and that is when I feel the weight of it all over again. I think the spiritual is parallel to the natural realm. Someone once told me that pressure is equal to the amount of resistance. If you do not resist at all you will not feel any pressure. I am thinking this applies to us spiritually as well.

It is easy to say we love G-d but when we are tested in these places ( even faith - that is another big one! ) we find out how much or how little we really do. This is what I have come to - that it takes G-d to love G-d, He is the one that gives the ability (and the desire) to do these things. It could not possibly be from my own strength because I have very little. In His wisdom He desires the very best for us and knows that our freedom is in full forgiveness. It does seem like everything He asks of us is for our own benefit not His. - Jeri

 

[Roudy]

I await the Israelis asking foregiveness from the Palestinians, which they have wronged for more than 60 years.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I await the Israelis asking foregiveness from the Palestinians, which they have wronged for more than 60 years.

I choose to forgive you for this as if it had never happened, Hoffstra. You can thank the Jews for that. They have taught me well. - Jeri

 

[Lipush]

I await the Israelis asking foregiveness from the Palestinians, which they have wronged for more than 60 years.

In those days of judgement, every person asks for forgiveness and judged accordingly.

We ask forgivness of those we harmed, each to his own, and each to his people, and each for each people, no matter of those are Palestinians or Americans or Chinese.

However, surviving is not something there is a reason to apologize for. losing your morales and becoming like your enemy, is. If we lost morales along the way, and became cruel like our enemies, that is a reason to feel sorry for.

For our existence? That is nothing to be sorry for, and God will not be pleased if we DO apologize for that.

 

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[Connery]

This is a very interesting presentation. A brief history would provide more background, what this project is about and the growth of the creator of this piece.

"Hanan Harchol’s essay in Reform Judaism Magazine that describes Harchol’s personal journey that led to this project. Reform Judaism Magazine - Jewish Journeys: Lost & Found?An Animator's Tale

This series of animations represents my personal journey in a complicated relationship with Judaism. I spent my life gravitating towards, and making, narrative art that explores the human condition from a psychological, philosophical, and existential perspective. While Judaism offers thousands of years of wisdom on the human condition, I avoided it as a source, because of what I perceived to be a preachy and sometimes judgmental tone.

Then, in 2009, I was commissioned to create a short artistic animation that interpreted the eating of bitter herbs during Passover. As part of the project, I was mandated to participate in a monthly Jewish study group and, to my surprise, I discovered that the human themes we were discussing and wrestling with in the study group were precisely the kind I had always been exploring in my personal artmaking. Even the process itself of sitting around a table, debating and wrestling with these human concepts (a process I did regularly with my friends and in my artmaking) proved to be a fundamental part of the Jewish study and learning process...."

About | Jewish Food For Thought


Further, the author states, "following in my parents’ footsteps, I grew up anti-religious. My father deemed religion “a waste of time,” an attitude he’d inherited from his father, who rejected the faith of his Orthodox parents at age 20, when he became a socialist Zionist and helped found a kibbutz in then Palestine. Still, whenever my father wanted to prove a point, he’d tell us a Torah story and argue, “Even in the Bible, it says….”

It wasn’t until I was 39, married, and working as a high school art teacher that my relationship to Judaism changed. A friend told me about a project seeking Jewish artists. I submitted my animations and was selected as one of 11 contemporary video artists to create a short film interpreting segments of the haggadah for “Projecting Freedom: Cinematic Interpretations of the Haggadah.” Though I was initially hesitant to devote a great deal of time to the year-long project, two aspects appealed to me: the chance to make new work (I hadn’t produced any in nearly a year), and the assurance of artistic freedom. So I accepted.

There was one catch, however. The artists had to attend monthly Passover-related text study sessions, led by the project’s creator, Rabbi Leon Morris, who directed the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.

To my surprise, these sessions immersed us in deep conversations about the human condition, psychology, and philosophy—topics I’d never before associated with Judaism, and precisely the same issues I had been exploring in my artmaking. I became increasingly drawn to Jewish text study and Rabbi Morris’ compassionate approach to Judaism, which reminded me of the meaningful experiences I’d had at Mrs. Prince’s seder table...."

Reform Judaism Magazine - Jewish Journeys: Lost & Found?An Animator's Tale

 

[Lipush]

accepted.

 

[Lipush]

This is a very interesting presentation. A brief history would provide more background, what this project is about and the growth of the creator of this piece.

"Hanan Harchol’s essay in Reform Judaism Magazine that describes Harchol’s personal journey that led to this project. Reform Judaism Magazine - Jewish Journeys: Lost & Found?An Animator's Tale

This series of animations represents my personal journey in a complicated relationship with Judaism. I spent my life gravitating towards, and making, narrative art that explores the human condition from a psychological, philosophical, and existential perspective. While Judaism offers thousands of years of wisdom on the human condition, I avoided it as a source, because of what I perceived to be a preachy and sometimes judgmental tone.

Then, in 2009, I was commissioned to create a short artistic animation that interpreted the eating of bitter herbs during Passover. As part of the project, I was mandated to participate in a monthly Jewish study group and, to my surprise, I discovered that the human themes we were discussing and wrestling with in the study group were precisely the kind I had always been exploring in my personal artmaking. Even the process itself of sitting around a table, debating and wrestling with these human concepts (a process I did regularly with my friends and in my artmaking) proved to be a fundamental part of the Jewish study and learning process...."

About | Jewish Food For Thought


Further, the author states, "following in my parents’ footsteps, I grew up anti-religious. My father deemed religion “a waste of time,” an attitude he’d inherited from his father, who rejected the faith of his Orthodox parents at age 20, when he became a socialist Zionist and helped found a kibbutz in then Palestine. Still, whenever my father wanted to prove a point, he’d tell us a Torah story and argue, “Even in the Bible, it says….”

It wasn’t until I was 39, married, and working as a high school art teacher that my relationship to Judaism changed. A friend told me about a project seeking Jewish artists. I submitted my animations and was selected as one of 11 contemporary video artists to create a short film interpreting segments of the haggadah for “Projecting Freedom: Cinematic Interpretations of the Haggadah.” Though I was initially hesitant to devote a great deal of time to the year-long project, two aspects appealed to me: the chance to make new work (I hadn’t produced any in nearly a year), and the assurance of artistic freedom. So I accepted.

There was one catch, however. The artists had to attend monthly Passover-related text study sessions, led by the project’s creator, Rabbi Leon Morris, who directed the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.

To my surprise, these sessions immersed us in deep conversations about the human condition, psychology, and philosophy—topics I’d never before associated with Judaism, and precisely the same issues I had been exploring in my artmaking. I became increasingly drawn to Jewish text study and Rabbi Morris’ compassionate approach to Judaism, which reminded me of the meaningful experiences I’d had at Mrs. Prince’s seder table...."

Reform Judaism Magazine - Jewish Journeys: Lost & Found?An Animator's Tale

interesting. Thank you

 

[Sunni Man]

Serious question: "When will the jews forgive Hitler and the nazis?" ..

 

[Lipush]

Serious question: "When will the jews forgive Hitler and the nazis?" ..

This is not a serious question.

 

[Connery]

Serious question: "When will the jews forgive Hitler and the nazis?" ..

I am not speaking for Jews and any particular group, however, I have found forgiveness to be a process. The act of forgiveness is not like instant coffee it takes time and consideration, personal growth, detachment, self love and love of others; to name a few aspects of what forgiveness means to me.

 

[Lipush]

Question is not weather Jews will forgive the Nazis or not, since one simply fact is forgotten- The Nazis never asked to be forgiven.

 

[Sunni Man]

Question is not weather Jews will forgive the Nazis or not, since one simply fact is forgotten- The Nazis never asked to be forgiven.

According to the OP's hebrew video cartoon.

You are to forgive with No preconditions. ..

 

[Connery]

Question is not weather Jews will forgive the Nazis or not, since one simply fact is forgotten- The Nazis never asked to be forgiven.

According to the OP's hebrew video cartoon.

You are to forgive with No preconditions. ..

I agree with this statement, to place conditions is to damned into eternal resentment and angst.

 

[Lipush]

Question is not weather Jews will forgive the Nazis or not, since one simply fact is forgotten- The Nazis never asked to be forgiven.

According to the OP's hebrew video cartoon.

You are to forgive with No preconditions. ..

Why am I to forgive someone who continues to harm me?