Forgiveness

From Rabbi Lisa Grushcow’s Yom Kippur message…

There is a Spanish story told of a father and son who became estranged. When he was old enough, the son left home; after some time the father set off to find him. He searched for months, in little towns and big cities alike. Finally, in a last desperate effort to find him, the father put an ad in a Madrid newspaper: The ad read: “Dear Paco, meet me in the town square at noon one week from today. All is forgiven. Your father.” One week later, at noon, in the town square, 800 people named Paco showed up, looking for forgiveness and love from their fathers