The major objective of Rosh Hashana is related to thought. The objective on Rosh Hashana is to come up with a plan, just as God designed a plan for creation, man needs to come up with a plan for his creation – his life. This plan is judged by God with incredible strictness. Whether man lives up to his plan or not is judged with mercy, for the world of action God fuses strictness with mercy. God understands human frailty. Perhaps there is another meaning of the term Rosh Hashana in its most literal sense -- the head of the year is the time to think. This is the time of year that each of us has to come up with a plan for living our lives, by using our heads, our intellect -- the Tzelem Elokim, the image of God within us. On Rosh Hashana all mankind stands before God in fear and in dread of the awesome Day of Judgment. May we all have the acumen to formulate the proper plan to lead our lives, may we all be given the strength to implement our plans, and may God judge us with mercy on those occasions that we fail. May we all be immediately written and sealed in the book of life.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 19:20:30 +0000
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