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Return to Wholeness: A Mental Health Guide for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

JL;DR SUMMARY As the High Holidays approach, integrating mental health into the spiritual process of teshuvah becomes a profound focus for reflection. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rosh HashanahJewish TraditionYom KippurElulTeshuvahEmotional Well BeingCommunity SupportMental HealthTherapyHalachic Priority

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"Ariel Rose Goldstein is a licensed social worker, trauma therapist and writer based in New Jersey who integrates Jewish values with mental health and disability advocacy."
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