More Three Week Thoughts

I am always torn when it comes to blogging parts of books. On the one hand there is the idea that people who put out books don't want you giving them away for free. On the other hand, books are about ideas that the writer wants people to hear. Also, if people get snippets for free, it increases the odds of their buying the book.

I highly recommend that you buy Erica Brown's In The Narrow Places. And think about her essays and suggested assignments. I also suggest that all Jewish libraries and schools have this book. It would be very helpful for teachers and students and camps to have this book around and address the soul of the matter, as Brown so strongly implores us to do.

Here is a piece of Brown's recommended "kavanot" for days two and three of The Three Weeks:

2. ‎"Think about a way you oppressed someone with your words. Just one incident. Now search for a way you can find a tikkun, reparation for that hurt. Heal it by using words with that same individual today." - Thought for second day of Three Weeks from In The Narrow Places by Erica Brown

3. Make a list of ten principles through which you try to live your life. Now try to reduce it to five. Having done so, try to get the list down to three. How would you remind yourself of these three principles on a regular basis?