“Wringing out the old and ringing in the new” … for many of us that means a nostalgic look back over the past year while sipping champagne. And although it is our hope to make the year ahead an improvement over the year we left behind, do we really learn from our mistakes?
Norm Saracheck gave a thought-provoking Sermon last week telling us about the death of Jacob and the blessings he bestowed on his sons and grandsons. In relating the story, Norm explained that this was Jacob’s way of passing onto his survivors his legacy. Jacob lived a life for his sons and grandsons to emulate. Isn’t that what we all try to do … Live our lives as an example for our children and our grandchildren? And we really do hope that they learn from our mistakes.
As congregants of Temple Shirat Shalom it is our eternal hope to leave a rich and fruitful legacy for generations to come. Live our temple lives as a moral example for our children and their children. Leave behind a strong and vibrant Temple with an impressive history and the hope for a bright future. Please read Norm’s Sermon, which is attached. It is Jacob’s blessing that reminds us that what we do in our own lives is important and has so much impact on future generations.
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