{"id":12556,"date":"2018-09-06T13:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T10:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/09\/06\/review-restart-and-release-a-yom-kippur-hymn"},"modified":"2018-09-06T13:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T10:23:55","slug":"review-restart-and-release-a-yom-kippur-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/09\/06\/review-restart-and-release-a-yom-kippur-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"Review, Restart, and Release: A Yom Kippur Hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdnqz6aocUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-video field-type-file field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"media-youtube-video media-youtube-1\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdnqz6aocUY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This video<\/a> presents an original Yom Kippur hymn by <a href=\"http:https:\/\/www.strausphoto.com\/psp\/?sessid=c6343b34ef91e5d677ed71c1fff89123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Straus<\/a>, where the photographer explores what Yom Kippur means to him. The lyrics below explore common themes of the day, such as regret over past wrong doings, a commitment to change, and an acknowledgement of the imperfect nature of man. The cantoral style of the singing and melody are reminiscent of some synagogue services.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-full-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\">Review, Release, and Restart<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Section 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was not the best I could be.<br \/>\nI did not do the best I could do.<br \/>\nPerfect was a foolish goal.<\/p>\n<p>I thought of others when I had to think of me.<br \/>\nI thought of me when others needed me.<br \/>\nPerfect is an impossible goal.<\/p>\n<p>I did not accept my own feelings as me.<br \/>\nI did not change what could be changed within me.<br \/>\nI have said I too many times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2 (two verses)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, I start again.<br \/>\nI open the door<br \/>\nto excellent non-perfection.<br \/>\nI know I will never completely leave,<br \/>\ncompletely leave<br \/>\nmy traps.<br \/>\nI know I will have misguided thoughts.<br \/>\nI will improve,<br \/>\nknowing<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t be as good<br \/>\nas I want to be.<br \/>\nI will try again.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I start again.<br \/>\nI open the door<br \/>\nto excellent non-perfection.<br \/>\nI know I will again return to the same,<br \/>\nreturn to the same<br \/>\nbad feelings.<br \/>\nAgain, perfection will seduce me.<br \/>\nI will improve,<br \/>\nknowing<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t be as good<br \/>\nas I want to be.<br \/>\nI will try again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3 (one verse)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I release myself.<br \/>\nI accept myself as imperfect.<\/p>\n<p>Change regrets into stories.<br \/>\nTurn errors into lessons.<br \/>\nSmile gently at foolish efforts for perfection.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of knowing the best is impossible,<br \/>\nI will do my best.<br \/>\nDo my best.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video presents an original Yom Kippur hymn by Phil Straus, where the photographer explores what Yom Kippur means to him. The lyrics below explore common themes of the day, such as regret over past wrong doings, a commitment to change, and an acknowledgement of the imperfect nature of man. The cantoral style of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12556\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=12556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12556\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12557\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=12556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=12556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=12556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}