Rabbi Julie’s sermon for Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 2023/5784
In my first year as a rabbi, I had to say ‘I’m sorry’, ‘I messed up’, ‘I didn’t mean to hurt you’ more times than in the first 32 years of my life combined. In my lifetime, I have apologized privately in person, by phone, and in writing, and on one occasion, publicly to thousands of people at once. Even though I have a lot of practice apologizing and it comes relatively easily to me, I never look forward to it – it still feels embarrassing, painful, and humbling, even at times, humiliating.