“Aspaqlaria: Aseres Yemei Teshuvah” (47 pages) is a collection of essays adapted from those that appeared here on the subjects of teshuvah, shofar, vidui, and the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah. It is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, ready for printing.
Table of contents:
| 9/11 and How to Effect Permanent Change | 1 |
| Teshuvah and Submission | 5 |
| A Good and Sweet New Year | 7 |
| Crowning Hashem My King | 9 |
| Epilogue: Pragmatics | 12 |
| Memories of His Dear Child Ephraim | 14 |
| And with What? With a Shofar | 18 |
| The Simplicity of the Shofar | 20 |
| From Qeren to Shofar | 21 |
| The Shofar’s Call | 22 |
| Unesaneh Tokef | 23 |
| Selichah, Mechilah, Kapparah, Yir’ah and Simchah | 26 |
| Anu ma’amirekha ve’tah ma’amireinu | 31 |
| Invoking The Thirteen Middos | 32 |
| Appendix: The Mechanism of Teshuvah | 37 |
| Of Empty Cups | 40 |
| The Thermodynamics of History | 43 |
| The Gift of Justice | 45 |
Nice, but could have benefitted from a little editing. The segues are a bit jarring. “In the last two essays,” etc. They may have been the last two essays when you posted them, but not in the order presented here.
Is that an offer?
Seriously, if you could list some of the other more egregious issues, I’ll try to get to them before Yom Kippur.
Still needs help from people with editing and proofreading skills, if anyone wants to offer.