Gail Solomon’s Rosh Hashanah Message for 2025

As we enter the High Holidays our world is in turmoil. The problems in Israel cause great stress for all of us.  It is my hope and prayer that as the new year begins peace of mind will come to each of us and that fighting and hate will come to an end. I would like to share this Personal Meditation from the Sim Shalom prayer book with the hope that it will bring peace of mind and New Year’s inspiration to each of us:

Avinu Malkenu, Bless my family with peace. Teach us to appreciate the treasure of our lives. Help us to find contentment in one another. Save us from dissension and jealousy; shield us from pettiness and rivalry. May selfish pride not divide us; may pride in one another unite us. Help us to renew our love for one another continually. In the light of Your Torah grant us, the people Israel and all Your Children everywhere, health and fulfillment, harmony, peace and joy. Amen.

May the coming New Year bring Good Health, Happiness and Peace to each of us, to Israel and to the world. May we find something Good in everyone we know and in everything that happens to us.

Gail chairs Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s Mature Active Adult Community and the quarterly blood drive.