Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Selichot

The other night, our synagogue held a beautiful Selichot service, after a discussion of Mussar.

One of our rabbis mentioned that the Selichot service there used to begin at midnight, because Jewish tradition (according to this rabbi) held that midnight, along with dawn and dusk, was one of the three liminal times of day, the times at which change is most possible.

That thought reminded me of a friend from times past who believed that in the light of dusk, you could come close to seeing a person's true self with the physical eye.

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