Opinion: Every year is a new beginning when you open your heart
Micah Greenstein
Rabbi Micah Greenstein is senior rabbi of Temple Israel of Memphis.
Every day is a new beginning, and every year is a fresh start. That’s the larger message of the Jewish high holy days, which started this past week with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and continue for 10 days through Yom Kippur.
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