Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein: The First and Last Breath
Rabbi Steven Lowenstein describes how every service begins with a deep breath, a reminder that awareness and reflection begin and end with attention to life’s most basic rhythm:
“The very first thing we’re ever going to do in life is take a breath, the very last thing we’re ever going to do in life is take a breath, and we’re going to take a whole lot of breaths between that very first breath and that very last breath.”