One of the challenges of the High Holy Days is making time to do the reflection and introspection asked of us. Believe it or not, it's even difficult for me - as a rabbi no less! - to carve out the time to do the inner work that's crucial for us as humans and Jews this time of year. I recently learned of an organization called "10Q" that can help with this problem. This organization (which as far as I can tell is a start-up website of sorts) sends you an email each day of the "10 days" (i.e. the Days of Awe, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur) asking big life questions. You then write in your responses - however serious, introspective, funny, thoughtful you want to be. 10Q will store them in a 'vault' for a whole year, and will send them back to you just before the HHDs next year as a way to review where you were and what you were thinking in the past year. I'm really excited to give it a try, and I encourage all of you to do the same!
It might be an interesting exercise with kids, too, in a modified way... For example, parents could decide on 10 questions for their children to answer. Each day of the "10 days", the parents could help their children answer the questions either verbally or in writing. (If the kids answer verbally, parents can write down what their children said). Then store the answers in a safe place in your house, and pull them out next year for your children to see and hear what they said last year! Here's the website: http://doyou10q.com/
As they say on the website... 10 Days. 10 Questions. Reflect. React. Renew.
Are you ready?
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