{"id":11179,"date":"2009-09-28T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T04:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2009-09-28T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T04:09:36","slug":"ask-forgiveness-face-to-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11179","title":{"rendered":"Ask Forgiveness Face-To-Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Detroit Free Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Jewish high holidays — which end today on Yom Kippur — are a time when many are called upon to repent and seek forgiveness from others.<\/p>\n

But in a world where the Internet has increasingly become a way to communicate, some are replacing one-on-one apologies with Facebook and Twitter updates during the Jewish holy days.<\/p>\n

That concerns Rabbi Jason Miller of Congregation T’chiyah in Oak Park, who sees some using the impersonal nature of the Web as a way to avoid real interaction.<\/p>\n

He plans to talk about the issue today to his congregation during services on what is known as the Day of Atonement.<\/p>\n

"We’ve lost the personal touch," said Miller, who also is the rabbi of Tamarack Camps in Michigan. "There should be an effort, a little challenge to go up to another person and seek forgiveness, to admit our wrongdoing."<\/p>\n

Miller often uses social media himself and blogs at blog.rabbijason.com, but cautions against overdoing it.<\/p>\n

He notes one Facebook update he got Friday morning from a person who wrote a generic note to several people at once, saying: "Whatever I said, I didn’t really mean it. Please forgive me. It won’t happen again."<\/p>\n

The one-size-fits-all confession misses the mark in keeping with the spirit of repentance, Miller said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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