On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.
Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.
I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others.
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.
When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
It is a lie that our anger justifies our impulse to hurt or ignore our antagonists. We are to forgive to be forgiven. To wait for them to repent before we forgive and repent is to allow them to choose for us a delay which could cost us happiness here and hereafter.
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.