I realized that my post earlier came out a bit messed up - reposting as one post @ShabbosReads I'm not a big reader. Slow reader, actually - when I read Harry Potter, by the 3rd book I couldn't remember who Harry was 🤓😂 But I spent a lot of time reading this over Shabbos/RH and it was worth every minute. The Dance of Teshuva by Rav David Ebner z"l - essays & poetry, presented by 18Forty. For a slow reader like me, it was perfect. As the saying goes, good things come in small packages. The first essay, "The Dance of Teshuva," could have ended the book right there and it would have been worthwhile for me. The idea: if teshuva is done by habit and not with heart, is it really teshuva? The message is deep and makes you think. A lot. But it left me wondering the reverse: the second time we sin - if it's done by habit and not with soul and heart, does that make us better than we think we are? Then "Between Man & Man." One line rang so loud I kept going back to it (notice the folded page): "Journeys, not destinations, are the only thing of importance." We spend so much time focused on the end goal that we forget to focus on how we're getting there. So much happens along the way - it would be a shame to miss it all in exchange for the final stop. And I'd be lying if I didn't admit that when I read "a ferd bleibt a ferd" (an ass always remains an ass), a few individuals immediately came to mind. Yes, on RH 🙈

Just got might copies delivered and looking so much forward to reading this! Hope it’s ok if not going to wait until shabbos!