Making Peace with Ourselves: Rituals of Self-Forgiveness

During Elul, in preparation for Yom Kippur, many of us have a practice of seeking reconciliation and forgiveness from those we have wronged. But some of the transgressions we carry are against ourselves. Part of our preparation for Yom Kippur, then, must also be the work of seeking forgiveness from ourselves. But how do we do that? Through text study, discussion, and personal reflection, this class will explore rituals and practices to support our High Holiday work of self-forgiveness, with time to try some of them out together. Participants are highly encouraged to bring a journal and think before the class about ways you have transgressed against yourself that you would like to work with during the session.

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Rav Spike is a student of conflict, and chavruta to their own mistakes. A theater of the oppressed and transformative justice practitioner, informal street chaplain, and sometimes prison chaplain, they are especially interested in exile, shame, demons, and the yetzer ha ra, as well as their reversals: teshuva, belonging, and wholeness. At the heart of their work is a belief in the medicine of friendship, playfulness and love. By day, Rav Spike is director of a Hebrew School and companion to an adorable and enormous Bernese Mountain dog named Me’od.

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