How can Jewish ritual help us be more mindful? Reflecting on his experience at a Holocaust memorial services, Rabbi Charles Shwartz examines the power of paying attention creates opportunities for transcendent moments. Rabbi Schwartz asserts that through ritualistic acts of Judaism, such as prayer and community involvement, we learn to better pay attention and, in turn, open ourselves up to the possibility of experiencing the transcendent within the mundane.
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