No Regrets - Kol Nidre Sermon 5777
“ No Regrets ” Sermon for Kol Nidrei 5777 Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik Temple Ahavat Shalom – Northridge, California The Maggid of Dubnow was once passing through a town and came upon an old, abandoned barn. On the side of this barn were 100 targets. And in the center of each target, was an arrow. 100 targets, 100 bullseyes. He was amazed. Immediately he went to the town square and asked the villagers who was the marksman that had such amazing skill. They pointed to a boy, sitting off to the side with a bow and quiver next to him. “Young man,” he asked him, “how is that you are so skilled to have accomplished this incredible feat with your bow and arrow?” “It’s really easy,” the boy replied, “I shoot the arrows first, and then I paint the targets around them.” If you draw the bullseyes after you shoot the arrows, you never regret a single shot. American culture celebrates this “No Regrets” attitude. We hear it all the time, as if living lif...