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The Power to Begin Again. Rosh Hashana and September 11​

Podcast: Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson · Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

The 25th anniversary of September 11th this year coincides with Rosh Hashana. What can we learn from this powerful convergence? Every one of us remembers exactly where we were on September 11, 2001. I remember it vividly. I went to the rooftop of my office building in Brooklyn and saw the two towers smoking—already struck, already devastated. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. Lower Manhattan, the heart of the world’s financial center, seemed to have been destroyed beyond repair. The Twin Towers’ shocking collapse inflicted such trauma that many wondered if we could ever recover. But it wasn’t on...