Tuning In To Our Inner Shofar

With Rabbi Rosenbaum & Lisa Fain. Part I: Learning to Listen More Mindfully to Ourselves & Others
Tuesday, September 12, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
OR Sunday, September 24, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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The most striking moment of the High Holiday service is the blowing of the shofar. Perhaps thatÕs because each of us has an inner shofar. Each of us has an inner tekiah Ð an unarticulated sound that wants to come out into the world in more articulate form. We each want to be seen and heard by the world for who we most authentically are. But, it can be a struggle to get from our tekiah to our teruah Ð from a general sense of who we want to be to a clear articulation of our best self. This workshop will provide a road map to help us make that journey and thus add meaning to our High Holiday experience. Through text study, discussion and role playing exercises, we will explore the following questions:
What are our greatest personal strengths? What is it about us that we most want people to see and appreciate?
¥ When were we not seen by others as expressing our greatest
strengths? How can we actualize our strengths in the future? How can we use our best talents in new ways this year?
¥ How can we help other people to shine? Who are the unheard in our world and in our lives and how can we hear and respond to their shofar call?
We will come away with a set of very specific daily exercises for boosting listening skills, enabling us to be in touch with the best part of ourselves and enhancing our curiosity and openness to others around us.
Part II: Tuning Up for the New Year: The Art of Possibility, Tuesday, October 10, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
We will be reviewing the material we covered on identifying our strengths and using them in new ways at our first workshop, Tuning in to Your Inner Shofar. This session will focus on identifying dormant potential in ourselves and others. Through text, music, and video, we will explore these questions:

¥ When did we see something good in another person that we didnÕt notice initially?
¥ When did someone see potential in us and offer us encouragement that helped us?
¥ How can we use our existing strengths to create new possibilities for ourselves and others in the coming year?

Rabbi Irwin Kula of Clal and Dr. Neal Mayerson of the Via Institute on Character will join us in conversation through Skype.