At this time of year in our Jewish calendar, we

are in a season of second chances. We are reading Moshe's retelling of the

people's journey through the desert in Deuteronomy, and we are about to enter

into the month of Elul, the month of spiritual preparation for the High Holy

Days. It is also the moment when Moshe went back up the mountain to get the

second set of tablets - the ultimate story of second chances. We are about to

start our own month of reflection and repair - let's see what we can do.