Summary of Alan Lew's This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared

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#1 Judaism came into the world to announce that the invisible is more important than the visible. Beneath the appearance of conflict, multiplicity, and caprice there is a oneness, a singularity that is all-powerful and endlessly compassionate.

#2 The Jewish people annually reflect on the great journey that every human being must make across this world: from Tisha B’Av to Sukkot, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, from birth to death and back to renewal again.

#3 The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which marks the start of the New Year, is never mentioned in the Torah. It is a day when we are supposed to remember God. The Jewish holiday of Yom Ha-Zikaron, which marked the start of the New Year in biblical times, was called the Day of Remembrance.

#4 The Day of the Blowing of the Horn for Remembrance is connected to Yom Ha-Kippurim, the Day of Atonement, which was the most important day of atonement in biblical times. It was a day when we began to see ourselves through the eyes of a consciousness beyond us.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350016925

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Insights on Alan Lew's This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Judaism came into the world to announce that the invisible is more important than the visible. Beneath the appearance of conflict, multiplicity, and caprice there is a oneness, a singularity that is all-powerful and endlessly compassionate.

#2

The Jewish people annually reflect on the great journey that every human being must make across this world: from Tisha B’Av to Sukkot, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, from birth to death and back to renewal again.

#3

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which marks the start of the New Year, is never mentioned in the Torah. It is a day when we are supposed to remember God. The Jewish holiday of Yom Ha-Zikaron, which marked the start of the New Year in biblical times, was called the Day of Remembrance.

#4

The Day of the Blowing of the Horn for Remembrance is connected to Yom Ha-Kippurim, the Day of Atonement, which was the most important day of atonement in biblical times. It was a day when we began to see ourselves through the eyes of a consciousness beyond us.

#5

There are four things that can cause God to tear up the decree of judgment: acts of righteousness, fervent prayer, changing your name, and changing your behavior. The liturgy on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is derived from the talmudic story about the three books, which claims that righteous deeds, prayer, and turning will modify the Divine Decree that has been issued on Rosh Hashanah.

#6

The process of transformation is not