Ep 53: Yom Kippur, T’shuvah, and the Load-Bearing Beam

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅As Yom Kippur approaches, April and Tracie reflect on T'shuvah. We specifically dig into what Jewish tradition teaches us about what to do when “return” requires us to ask how much of ourselves we are willing to dismantle, especially when it comes to perpetuating white supremacy and racism. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-53Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/Read more of Tracie's thoughts at her blog, bmoreincremental.comRead more about what T'shuvah means here: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/repentance/Read from the Talmud (Gittin 55a) about an exchange regarding what to do with a stolen Load-Bearing Beam of a house here: https://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.55a.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=enRead more about Alan Morinis and the book Everyday Holiness here: https://mussarinstitute.org/books-by-alan-morinis-faculty/Learn more about Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz, the Alter of Novardok here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Yozel_HorwitzCheck out more from Yavilah McCoy here: https://twitter.com/yavilah?lang=enThe leprosy that can affect the stones of houses is mainly mentioned in Leviticus chapters 13 and 14. It is discussed in the Talmud in Sanhedrin 71a:20 (among other places):https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.71a.20?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=enListen to our past discussion about DARVO here: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-6-white-fragility-darvo-and-accepting-feedback Listen to last week’s episode and learn more about our “life curriculum” here:www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-52Support the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?