Instead of asking yourself what you regret, ask yourself why you regret. If you regret speaking unkindly to the plumber or to your friend or your mother-in-law, ask yourself why you regret it. If you find yourself justifying the deed (I didn’t really mean it etc.) you haven’t really come to grips with why you would have liked things to be different. You may have to look more deeply, but you will probably find that you regret making life more painful than it has to be, or that you were a source of darkness (for yourself too) rather than a source of light. Once you are in this new, usually unexplored territory, you are able to let yourself truly grow.

(from Rebbetzin Heller’s weekly Neve alumnae letter)

Bikur Cholim is looking for volunteer early morning drivers. Please call 216-320-1771 or email bikurcholimcleveland@gmail.com

(Hakhel)

THE AHL CHEIT LINK: As Yom Kippur approaches, we provide for your use by the following link –  a compiled review of the Ahl Cheits. Please feel free to print-out, and share the link with others!

Dr. Mendel Singer of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is developing a program to improve the health of Orthodox Jewish families, and needs some feedback from the community to design an effective program. Please consider taking a brief, completely anonymous online survey at    http://csumarketing.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8wFbQDpPI3SdSKN .  Here is the official invitation from Dr. Singer to participate in the survey:
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Please join us for a fascinating shiur for women given by Mrs. Dina Leah Rapoport exploring the depth of mystical meaning of Yom Kippur. Wednesday, October 1 at 11:05 am at the home of Shoshana Vitebskiy, 3694 Bendemeer Rd, Cleveland Heights, 216-320-0066.