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An examination of the High Holiday prayer liturgy reveals that much of the language has to do with searching. What are we searching for is the potential for beauty that is hidden within every individual. We are all, in essence, perfect. However, in our worldly experiences, we often involve ourselves in dirty business, whether it be negative thoughts, foul words or actions that we know we are above, which cause the potential for beauty to be lost. Like any lost object, the only way to find the lost beauty within is to retrace our steps and search in the places where it was lost.

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The High Holidays, more than any other time of the year, offer us the opportunity to reflect upon and reclaim the hidden beauty that got polluted by our earthly adventures; because the Essence of the Soul is stirring on these days, all we have to do is remove the obstacles, all we have to do it find those thoughts and words and actions that were part of our dirty business throughout the year. By being honest and seeing them for what they are, we reclaim the potential beauty in those moments that were lost to negativity.

Simply put, in order to go from a state of being lost to a state of being found, I need to call in the search and rescue team – an honest search into my self and my thoughts and words and actions with a determined effort to rescue the lost opportunities that are revealed in the search, no matter how difficult it may be, and to reclaim that energy. And then all I have to do is let your SoulTheshine.result is, hopefully, not just a temporary high and a passing phase, but an experience that is transformative, resulting in lasting change. Yeah, this isn't always the case, but there is hope. I have had such experiences in the past, moments of elation that carried with me, whose effects became a permanent part of my narrative and journey, the effects of which I feel to the day. Usually it happens when I put in the necessary inner work, the inner exploration and preparation to reach the moment of truth in a state of readiness. But sometimes it also just seems to happen. Either way, the change is real, and it beings me one step closer to living a more holistic life, bridging the gap between by ideal self and my actual self. The struggle between what I want and what seems right becomes less of a battle, as the universal wisdom and Divine will become more internalized, and I become more aligned, sometimes in subtle ways, with the purpose of my existence. With that comes a much more holistic attachment to life and love and others, and more freedom since I feel less coerced and more impelled to live the good life, which becomes less of a moral imperative and more of an inner intuition. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada Help keep it coming: Be an Exodus subscriber or advertiser. 416-222-7105 x222 | exodus@jrcc.org

6 | JEWISH SOUL The Uniqueness of Humanity

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What is Rosh Hashana?

The celebration of Rosh Hashanah, takes place on the anniversary of Creation, but not on the first day of Creation. It coincides with the sixth day of Creation, the day when humanity was created.

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Rosh Hashana, as the name implies, is the “head” that flows through the rest of the year emanates Divine and all the blessings we need for the year. in order to function properly, so too the year needs channel its energy in the best way.

Rosh Hashana in Jewish

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3760 BCE: Birthday of humanity with the creation (of the Tree of Knowledge) and repentance on the 2105 BCE: The Great Flood in the days of Noach ends. 1677 BCE: The Binding of Isaac, and the passing of 1746: The Baal Shem Tov’s vision of Moshiach, during finally come. His reply? “When your teachings are world, and your wellsprings spread to the outside,”

— From the Rebbe's letters 7 | MADE YOU THINK Ten Days

Why are the ten days of teshuvah are defined as the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when they actually include the days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?

— by Tzvi Freeman

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— by Simon Jacobson 8 | LIFE ON EARTH Rosh Hashanah & the Warping of Time Rosh Hashanah is about time. It challenges our intuitive notions of time’s sequential nature, of cause and effect, and particularly of the relationship of the moment we call “now” with all that came before.

JEWISH THOUGHT The Rosh Hashana Message for Us Rosh Hashanah, the anniversary of the creation of humanity, invites us to live and feel the human condition in graphic ways. Here are some messages from Rosh Hashanah that speak directly to our lives today.

— by Jonathan Sacks 12 | ASK THE RABBI Are the High Holidays Solemn or Joyous?

I see that some services and communities approach these days with joy. Is it appropriate to be happy on these holy days when we are basically asking forgiveness for our sins?

16 | HOLIDAY GUIDE Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Carefully curated holiday companions created for you, to guide and enhance your holiday experience, with brief and accessible insights and —explanations.byExodus Staff

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— by Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman

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This can be attained only through a life inspired and guided by the Torah. And that we must once and for all abandon the opposite road, which can only lead to destruction and doom.

On Rosh Hashanah humanity stands not only before the Divine Judgment, but also before their own.

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Let no one think: who am I and what am I to have such tremendous powers of building or destruction. For we have seen—to our sorrow— what even a small quantity of matter can do in the way of destruction through the release of atomic energy. If such power is concealed in a small quantity of matter—for destructiveness, in denial of the design and purpose of Creation, how much greater, is the creative power entrusted to every individual to work in harmony with the Divine purpose, for in this case one is also given special abilities and opportunities by Divine Providence to attain the goal for which we have been created: the realization of a world in which “Each creature shall recognize that Thou didst create him, and every breathing soul shall declare: ‘G‑d, the G‑d of Israel, is King, and His reign is supreme over all.’” EM

The verdict of their own judgment, with regard to the future, must be: that they take upon themselves to fulfill his duty, that is, to work for the fulfillment—in each individual and in his/her surroundings— of the “Come,call:let us worship, bow down and kneel before G‑d our Maker,” a call for absolute submission to G‑d first sounded by the first human, Adam, on the day of his creation, on the first Rosh Hashanah.

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The UniqUeness of hUmaniTy

O n the eve of Rosh Hashanah I extend my prayerful wishes to my brethren, every Jew and Jewess in the midst of our people Israel, the time hallowed traditional blessing of “ Shono toivo umesuko ”—a good and sweet year. The celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the year, has been ordained by our Torah to take place on the anniversary of the Creation, but not on the first day of Creation. It has been made to coincide with the sixth day of Creation, the day when humanity was created.Thesignificance of this day, and of this event, is not in the fact that a new creature was added to Creation, a creature one plane higher than the rest of the animal kingdom, as the animal is superior to plant, and plant to mineral. The significance lies in the fact that the new creature—the human being—was essentially different from the others. For it was the human who recognized the Creator in and through Creation, and, what is more, brought about the elevation of the entire Creation to that recognition and thus to the fulfillment of its Divine design and purpose. Since such recognition and appreciation of the Creator is the ultimate purpose of the Creation.Oneof the main distinguishing features which set humanity apart from all other creatures, is the free choice of action which the Creator bestowed upon him. We can use this special Divine gift in two opposing directions he may, G‑d forbid, choose the way leading to self destruction and the destruction of everything around him; or, he can choose the right way of life, which would elevate him and the Creation with him to the highest possible perfection.Andtohelp us recognize and choose the right path, we were given the Torah, which is Divine and eternal, hence its teachings are valid for all times and in all places.Itis not possible for a human being to make his choice unaided, merely by virtue of his intellect, for the human intellect is limited. The intellect can only serve to discover and bring forth that inner absolute intuition and faith in things which lie beyond and above the realm of the intellect; the faith and intuition which are the heritage of every Jew, therewith to illuminate his entire being and to guide him in his daily living to a life inspired by Torah and Mitzvoth.

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But the foundation and end of all connection with G‑d is the quintessential bond which requires no deed to effect it and which no deed can affect. In the ten days of teshuvah, the foundation is laid on Rosh Hashanah and the end attains its ultimate realization on YomTheKippur.defining quality of Rosh Hashanah is that it is the day we crown G‑d as king over us. What does it mean that we accept G‑d as our “king”? The king/subject metaphor is one of many employed by the Torah to describe our relationship with G‑d, which is also referred to in terms of the relationships between man and wife, shepherd and flock, master and disciple, among others. The king/ subject relationship is unique in that it is not defined by equivocal criteria (love, nurture, intellectual appreciation, etc.), but rather involves the abnegation of the subject’s very self to the sovereign. On Rosh Hashanah we relate to G‑d as our king, affirming our bond to Him as the very essence of our identity. But our acceptance of G‑d as king is also the basis for our other levels of connection with G‑d—mitzvot and teshuvah. The concept of a “divine commandment” has meaning only after one has accepted G‑d as the authority over one’s life;a transgression is a transgression only because it violates a divine command, and teshuvah is spurred by transgression.Thus,theten days of teshuvah are defined as the “days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.” They are preceded by “Rosh Hashanah” (the concept, not the days, which are themselves part of the ten), since our submission to the divine sovereignty is the basis for the “ten days of teshuvah.” And they are superseded by “Yom Kippur,” since Yom Kippur, in addition to itself being a day of teshuvah, is the ultimate realization of the soul’s quintessential oneness with G‑d. EM Rabbi Simon Jacobson is the author of Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe and the director of the Meaningful Life Center (meaningfullife.com).

Ten Days

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The first ten days of the Jewish calendar are known as “the ten days of teshuvah.” These are days for soul searching, repentance and return (teshuvah) to G‑d. Citing the verse, “Seek G‑d when He may be found, call upon Him when He is near,”the Talmud states: “these are the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”Actually, this ten day period includes Rosh Hashanah, which occurs on the first and second days of the month of Tishrei, as well as Yom Kippur, which falls on the tenth of Tishrei. This means that while Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are themselves days of teshuvah, they each embody a principle that goes beyond the concept of “return”: the essence of Rosh Hashanah precedes teshuvah, while the essence of Yom Kippur supersedes teshuvah. Thus, the ten days of teshuvah include the days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and, at the same time, are “the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”

The people of Israel are G‑d’s intimates— “the nation close to Him.”What is the nature of this relationship? There are three fundamental aspects to our bond with G‑d and the manner in which it is expressed in ourOnlives.the most basic level, we achieve connection with G‑d through our observance of the mitzvot, the divine commandments (indeed, the word mitzvah also means “connection”). The mitzvot embody the will of G‑d; by fulfilling the mitzvot, we make the divine will the substance and aim of our lives. Our souls and bodies become vehicles of the supernal will. But when a Jew violates the divine will, G‑d forbid, he uncovers an even deeper dimension of his bond with G‑d. The connection created by the mitzvah is exactly that—a connection created between two separate entities. Taken on its own, this connection does not point to any intrinsic bond between the two. In fact, it implies that the natural state of the observer of the mitzvah is one of separateness and distinction—a state which is overcome by the act of the mitzvah, which bridges the gulf between the mortal and the divine. But when a Jew transgresses a divine command, a more innate bond with G‑d comes to light. His inner equilibrium is disturbed; his soul finds no peace and is driven to compensate for its ravaged identity by profane spiritual quests, material excesses, or both. His transgressions highlight the fact that there is nothing more unnatural than a Jew estranged from his G‑d. Teshuvah is a soul’s experience of the agony of disconnection and its channeling of this agony to drive its return to G‑d. Thus, our sages have said that through teshuvah, “sins are transformed into merits,”since the sin itself becomes the impetus for connection with G‑d. Indeed, the baal teshuvah (penitent or “returnee”) attains a level of relationship with G‑d on which “even the perfectly righteous cannot stand.”His sins have provoked—and his teshuvah has actualized—a dimension of his soul’s connection to G‑d which a perfectly righteous life never touches.

During the “ten days of teshuvah,” G‑d makes Himself more accessible to man—on all three levels of connection discussed above. It is a period in which special mitzvot are commanded to us (sounding the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, fasting on Yom Kippur, etc.), opening unique avenues of connection to G‑d via the fulfillment of His will. It is a period of heightened opportunity for teshuvah—a time when our souls are more sensitive to the break from G‑d caused by our transgressions and more driven to “return.”

8 September 2022 / Elul 5782 life on earth

Rosh Hashanah is about time. The liturgy, as illuminated in Chabad literature, challenges our intuitive notions of time’s sequential nature, of cause and effect, and particularly of the relationship of the moment we call “now” with all that came before it. The dynamic with which we are left is of weighty consequence. It’s a radical empowerment of every human being to change not only his future, but also his past, and even the past of those affected through hisEffectively,actions. every moment of “now” becomes the beginning of everything. The starting point is a statement that superficially seems almost bizarre, yet is repeated several times on Rosh Hashanah: “This day is the beginning of Your works, a remembrance of the first day.” Bizarre in several ways. Firstly, the consummate assertion of that first phrase, as though nothing preceded this day, as though this Rosh Hashanah number 5781 can simultaneously be counted as Year Zero. That seems absurd. How is it possible to move into the future only to find yourself back at Year Zero again, year after year?

First: How can each Rosh Hashanah, every year, be “the very first day of creation?”

A very helpful strategy for dealing with any knotty problem is to find a way to make the problem yet more excruciating. Here, that’s easy: The tradition is that Rosh Hashanah is the anniversary of the creation of Adam, the first human being, containing both male and female. Since Adam was created on the sixth day of creation, that makes Rosh Hashanah not the first, but the sixth day of creation.

Rosh hashanah anD The WaRping of Time

Tzvi Freeman

And in case you need evidence that we mean what we say, here’s another phrase we repeat several times on Rosh Hashanah: “Today is the birth of the world.” No, not an anniversary of the birth—not a birthday in the sense we generally use the term contemporarily. Today the world is born. Period. But then, immediately following that unequivocal assertion of “This is the day itself,” we take a step back with “Actually, it’s only a remembrance.” Which is it, the actual Day Zero, or just an anniversary? Why give one impression only to take it back?

Simple: The five days that led up to day six were effectively rescinded and replaced by an entirely new set of five days. Not so mystifying. We do it all the time with our stories and humor. We tell a story that seems to be one thing, and then comes a punch line that suddenly provides a completely unexpected context. When our minds review the story now, every detail has an entirely new meaning. Where did the original story go? Did it vanish into nothingness? No. We simply realized it never was. From where did the new, real story appear? From the punch line that came at the end. That was the case with the very first story ever told, the story the Creator told. With that story, He created a world. Here’s how it goes: First, darkness. Nothingness. No form or matter from which anything can emerge. Then, out of nowhere, light appears. Then a sky. An ocean. Dry land appears as eruptions and great shifts rip landmasses apart. A carpet of green sweeps over the earth. The sun, the moon, and stars appear above. Fish, birds, bugs, reptiles swarm within the waters and in the sky. Then mammals of every sort roam upon the land. What is the story? Where is this going? What is it about? There is no story. It goes nowhere. It’s not about anything. Aboutness does not exist. Where did you see any aboutness in this narrative? It’s just stuff happening, one thing after the other. It’s a world, after all. A world, by definition, must appear self contained, as though it is a closed system, without any further context. And when there is no context, there is no meaning, no story. Until, on the sixth day, there was Adam. Something radical has entered. A being that speaks. A being that tells stories. That changes everything. Even the past. The past has become a story. The past is now aboutHere’ssomething.astory right now—a simple story from the treasury of Talmudic stories. Because the deepest truths are told in the simplest stories: When Adam was first created from the earth, and the divine breath of life was breathed into his nostrils, he stood up on his twoHelegs.stared upward. He stared downward. His stature covered the entire world, from East to West. He saw all the creatures the Holy One, blessed be He, had created. And then he burst into praise for His Creator.

Even if we would attempt to interpret these phrases as references to an anniversary, we’re even more confounded. How can the anniversary of the first day be five days after the first day?

This is a classic conundrum, and many significant scholars of the Torah have provided their answers. Adam is the crown of the creation, the purpose, the starting point at which the world begins telling its story. But none of those solutions address the statement at the ground floor, at its most literalTheremeaning.is,however, an explanation given by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, that does just that. The most literal solution, said the Rebbe, is that on Day Six the world began five days earlier. How does that work?

The signature of great minds is their willingness to tackle a paradox for what it is, refusing to ignore it, resisting the urge to whittle it away with platitudinal compromises.Sowefind the Tzemach Tzedek (Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, 1789 1866) embracing the notion that Rosh Hashanah could be both opposites: It is the very first day in the most absolute sense. And it is also a memory of a beginning in the very distant past. There are two dynamics in a single day, on two distinct planes, the second plane—the memory—being yet higher than the first. Hang in there. We’ll unfold all this apparent dissonance, step by step.

“What a great number of works You have made, oh G‑d!” he exclaimed. As he stood upon his feet, he himself looked like a god. The other creatures saw him and they were in awe. They understood that this must be their creator. They all came to prostrate themselves before him. He said, “You come to bow down to me? Let us go, you and I, dressed in grandeur

9September 2022 / Elul 5782 and strength, and we will elect over us the One who created us all. For it is the citizens that elect the king, and the king cannot make himself king if the citizens do not elect him!”

Yes, that was the intent of it all—that it be seen for what it is. But it was an intent known only to its Author. So that, from the Creator’s vantage point, nothing had really happened at all. Nothing more than setting the stage in the middle of an empty desert. But with the advent of this Adam creature, not only did the story begin, it’s past now had a context that gave it meaning. Every created being that had emerged in those six days now became a commentary on the majesty of its Creator. How each detail had emerged, when it had emerged, what exactly emerged—all this told of an awesome, wondrous wisdom beyond comprehension. The endless diversity of the creatures, the magnificent harmony of environment and organism so that the cycles of the sun and moon, of rain and wind, of cold and hot, wet and dry all were integrated into the very metabolic processes of every ant and elephant—all this bespoke of an unspeakable oneness that could only be expressed in a virtually infinite multitude of colors, sizes, behaviors and temperaments that somehow balanced one another and harmonized with each other in synchronization with an invisible conductor.

The answer for Adam was that it has meaning as a work of art by its Creator. As a true work of art, every detail speaks the authorship of its artist. As an author is a king and master over his art, so the Creator is king and master over His creation. If human art is a glimpse into the soul of a human being, the creation is a hint of the Infinite. As there is no art without an audience to appreciate the art, so there is no king without those subjects who will pronounce him king. In our case, the members of the audience were (and still are) the works of art themselves. It was up to each of them to sing their own praise. Beginning with Adam. Until Adam was created, there was no art, no kingdom, no story. There was not even a possibility for anything to be such—since the entire masterpiece was forged in solitude, without a partner, without an observer to appreciate what had been achieved.

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It’s a statement about the place of the human being within the universe. It’s also about the meaning of Rosh Hashanah—the anniversary of the creation of Adam and this story. Most of all, it’s about each one of us. A day comes when you wake up. Or perhaps, you awaken gradually over many years. You look up, you look down. There is a universe about you. You are within it. You detect patterns. You see chaos. You find order, sequence, beauty, ugliness, emptiness, confusion. Within it all, you see yourself. You are Adam. Adam is the observer of the universe because he is capable of recognizing that the universe does not have to be. Nothing has to be the way it is. Nothing has to be at all. That puts everything into a context—into something bigger than this universe that contains it. The context forces a question: What is the meaning of all this?

Adam himself went first, and then all the creatures after him did the same. He said, “G‑d will rule! He will be dressed in grandeur! G‑d will be dressed and girded with strength! The world will stand firm! It will not be shaken!”

Suddenly, there was a story—and it had begun five days earlier. So there occurred the very first Rosh Hashanah, the very beginning of all things, as the Creator was crowned as King and Author by His creation. Because now there was Adam, a creature that could recognize all this, appreciate it all, and speak it out loud, so that each living thing became another facet of its Creator’s magnificence. The universe with all that lived within it was retroactively imbued with meaning and purpose. It became worthwhile.

“The human being,” writes the Rebbe, “just as Adam on that day, has the capacity to change the past. Even the past outside of himself.”Takethe human being who has a mess of a life behind him. Abuse, shame, pain, failure. “And the earth was void and empty, with darkness over the face of the depths.”

Some dismiss such stories as fantasy. They should take an ounce of wisdom. Beneath every detail of this story lies another jewel.

And yet at some point, almost miraculously—since he is a human being, after all—he finds the strength to pull his life together.Butwhat does he do with the trauma of the past? Memories, we have learned, can never be destroyed or forgotten. They may warp and become distorted, but they never disappear.Apainful memory continues to cause pain.

LIFE IS NOT EASY Judaism does not see the world through rose tinted lenses. The sufferings of our ancestors haunt our prayers. The world we live in is not the world as it ought to be. That is why, despite every temptation, Judaism has never been able to say the Messianic Age has come, even though we await it daily. But we are not bereft of hope because we are not alone. When Jews went into exile, the

LIFE IS A GIFT FROM G‑D Life itself, each day, every breath we take, is the gift of G‑d. Life is not something we may take for granted. If we do, we will fail to celebrate it. G‑d gives us one gift above all others, said Rambam (Maimonides): life itself, beside which everything else is secondary. Other religions have sought G‑d in heaven, or in the afterlife, the distant past or the distant future. Here there is suffering, there reward; here chaos, there order; here pain, there balm; here poverty, there plenty. Judaism has relentlessly sought G‑d in the here and now of life on earth. Yes, we believe in life after death, but it is in life before death that we truly find human greatness.

WE ARE JudaismFREEisthe religion of the free human being freely responding to the G‑d of freedom. We are not in the grip of sin. We are not determined by economic forces or psychological drives or genetically encoded impulses that we are powerless to resist. The very fact that we can do teshuvah, that we can act differently tomorrow than we did yesterday, tells us we are free. Philosophers have found this idea difficult. So have scientists. But Judaism insists on it, and our ancestors proved it by defying every law of history, surviving against the odds, refusing to accept defeat.

LIFE IS STILL SWEET Life may be hard, but it can still be sweet, the way the challah and the apple are on Rosh Hashanah when we dip them in honey. Jews have never needed wealth to be rich, or power to be strong. To be a Jew is to live for simple things: the love between husband and wife, the sacred bond between parents and children, the gift of community where we help others and others help us and where we learn that joy is doubled and grief halved by being shared. To be a Jew is to give, whether in the form of tzedakah or gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness). It is to learn and never stop seeking, to pray and never stop thanking, to do teshuvah and never stop growing. In this lies the secret of joy. Throughout history there have been hedonistic cultures that worship pleasure and ascetic cultures that deny it, but Judaism has a different approach altogether: to sanctify pleasure by making it part of the thought

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LIFE IS MEANINGFUL We are not mere accidents of matter, generated by a universe that came into being for no reason and will one day, for no reason, cease to be. We are here because a loving G‑d brought the universe, and life, and us, into existence – a G‑d who knows our fears, hears our prayers, believes in us more than we believe in ourselves, forgives us when we fail, lifts us when we fall and gives us the strength to overcome despair.

Shechinah, the Divine presence, went with them. G‑d is always there, “close to all who call on Him in truth” (Psalms 145:18). He may hide His face, but He is there. He may be silent, but He is listening to us, hearing us and healing us in ways we may not understand at the time but which become clear in retrospect.

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10 September 2022 / Elul 5782

The genius of Judaism is to take eternal truths and translate them into time, into lived experiences. Rosh Hashanah, the anniversary of the creation of humanity, invites us to live and feel the human condition in graphic ways. Here are some messages from Rosh Hashanah that speak directly to our lives today.

The historian Paul Johnson once wrote: “No people has ever insisted more firmly than the Jews that history has a purpose and humanity a destiny.” He concluded: “The Jews, therefore, stand right at the centre of the perennial attempt to give human life the dignity of a purpose.” This is one of the truths of Rosh Hashanah.

LIFE IS HoweverSHORTmuch life expectancy has risen, we will not, in one lifetime, be able to achieve everything we might wish to achieve. This life is all we have. How shall we use it well? We know that we will not finish the task, but neither are we free to stand aside from it.

WE ARE DUST OF THE EARTH BUT WITHIN US IS THE BREATH OF G‑D And finally comes the sound of the shofar, piercing our defences, a wordless cry in a religion of words, a sound produced by breath as if to tell us that that is all life is – a mere breath – yet breath is nothing less than the spirit of G‑d within us: “Then the Lord G‑d formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). And whether the shofar is our cry to G‑d or G‑d’s cry to us, somehow in that tekiyah, shevarim, teruah – the call, the sob, the wail – is all the emotion of the Divine–human encounter as G‑d asks us to take His gift, life itself, and make of it something holy, by so acting as to honour G‑d and His image on earth, humankind. For we defeat death, not by living forever but by living by values that live forever; by doing deeds and creating blessings that will live on after us, and by attaching ourselves in the midst of time to G‑d who lives beyond time, “the King – the living, everlasting G‑d.”

Therefore the returnees to the Land of Israel are described as being “crowned with eternal joy.” Indeed, the depth of the connection between the concepts of joy (simcha) and Moshiach is alluded to by the fact that their Hebrew word roots share the same three letters.

To explain the connection between the two: Simchah breaks through (poretzes in Hebrew) all barriers. This is also the nature of Mashiach, who is a descendant of Peretz, and is referred to as haporetz, “the one who breaks through,” as it is written, “The one who breaks through will ascend before them.” For Moshiach will break through all barriers and limitations, reulting in unprecendended Divine consciousness and prosperity for all humanity. future tense

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Joy shares an intrinsic connection to the Future Redemption. For it is in the Era of the Redemption that we will experience the consummate level of simchah. At that time, all undesirable influences will cease to exist as reflected in the verse, “And G‑d will wipe away tears from every face.” Indeed, all the negative influences will be transformed into good. This will greatly increase the simchah we will experience, enabling it to reach consummate perfection.

EM Rabbi Dr. Sir Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, was the former Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth and a member of the House of Lords. He was a leading academic and respected world expert on Judaism. He was the author of several books and thousands of articles, appeared regularly on television and radio, and spoke at engagements around the world.

worship of G‑d. Life is sweet when touched by the Divine. OUR LIFE IS A WORK OF ART Our life is the single greatest work of art we will ever make. Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, in one of his earliest works, spoke about Ish Hahalachah, the halachic personality and its longing to create, to make something new, original. G‑d too longs for us to create and thereby become His partner in the work of renewal. “The most fundamental principle of all is that man must create himself.” That is what teshuvah is, an act of making ourselves anew. On Rosh Hashanah we step back from our life like an artist stepping back from their canvas, seeing what needs changing for the painting to be complete. WE ARE WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US Our lives are not disconnected particles. We are each a letter in G‑d’s Book of Life. But single letters, though they are the vehicles of meaning, have no meaning when they stand alone. To have meaning they must be joined to other letters to make words, sentences, paragraphs, a story, and to be a Jew is to be part of the strangest, oldest, most unexpected and counterintuitive story there has ever been: the story of a tiny people, never large and often homeless, who nonetheless outlived the greatest empires the world has ever known – the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks and Romans, the medieval empires of Christianity and Islam, all the way to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. Each in turn thought itself immortal. Each has gone. The Jewish people still lives. But we do not start with nothing. We have inherited wealth, not material but spiritual. We are heirs to our ancestors’ JUDAISMgreatness.

Judaism sets the bar high, and though we may fall short time and again, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur allow us to begin anew, forgiven, cleansed, undaunted, ready for the next challenge, the next year.

ASKS GREAT THINGS OF US AND BY DOING SO MAKES US GREAT. We walk as tall as the ideals for which we live, and those of the Torah are very high indeed. We are, said Moses, G‑d’s children (Deuteronomy 14:1). We are called on, said the prophet Isaiah, to be “His witnesses, His ambassadors on Earth,” (Isaiah 43:10).

Time and again Jews did things thought impossible. They battled against might in the name of right. They fought against slavery. They showed that it was possible to be a nation without a land, to have influence without power, to be branded the world’s pariahs yet not lose self respect. They believed with unshakeable conviction that they would one day return to their land, and though the hope seemed absurd, it happened.

The Arizal, the great mystic Rabbi Isaac Luria, teaches that whoever doesn't cry during the Ten Days of Awe demonstrates that his soul isn't decent and complete. But if teshuva like all Divine service is to be performed with joy, why should we shed tears? The Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement, reconciles this by commenting that the Arizal is referring to tears of joy.

Every single mitzvah that we merit to do must be performed with joy. Teshuva (repentance) is a mitzvah like any other, one of the 613 commandments of the Torah. Therefore, it must also be performed with joy, even though there might be some bitterness or regret attached to it. This guilty feeling might be what sparks the desire for repentance, but the repentance itself is a joyful journey.

In fact, teshuvah’s ability to correct past transgressions stems from the fact that it emanates from a higher spiritual source than all the other mitzvahs (as explained at length in Chassidic teachings). Teshuva is therefore greater than every mitzvah. If its purpose is to correct the transgression of all other commandments, it must fill the spiritual "gap" that the lack of observance engendered. It would stand to reason then, that the greater the mitzvah, the greater the joy – teshuva must be done with the greatest joy, the joy of this profound opportunity to correct the past and attain a higher connection.Thisdoesn’t change the fact that when I look at my life, I see that I might not be deserving of this possibility. Why should I be given another chance after I've botched up so badly? Nevertheless, G‑d chose to give me the special mitzvah of teshuvah. I could start observing G‑d's commandments right now and activate my Divine connection. We need to shed tears, recognizing how our past deeds distanced us from G‑d and from our holy core. While remorse is integral to teshuvah. But then we need to rejoice and dance, for G‑d is giving us the opportunity to return.

So, practically speaking, how do I go about changing my life? The gap between where I was versus where I want to be can seem overwhelming. The best strategy is using short term resolutions. Making long term resolutions might seem exciting in the moment of inspiration, but experience teaches that inspiration fizzles out, and with it the grandiose resolution it gave birth to. Better to make short term resolutions, for a few weeks, and then grow from there by renewing, amending or extending the resolution depending on the circumstances.

Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman

QI always associated Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with a certain heaviness, even guilt. But I see that some services and communities approach these days with joy. Is it this joy authentic, or just a way to make the holidays more accessible? Is it appropriate to be happy on these holy days when we are basically asking forgiveness for our sins?

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Through the process, we must always keep in mind this great principle in the Torah, which is particularly emphasized in Chassidic teachings, that it is necessary to serve G‑d with joy. This includes every aspect of the daily life, as is written, “Know Him in all your ways” – which includes the joy of teshuva as a daily practice. Perhaps this is why we dip the challah and apple in honey on the High Holidays, reminding us that even on days of atonement and judgement, the deeper reality is an opportunity for connection, which is sweet and brings joy. Only a Judaism that is infused with sweetness and joy has the power to empower change by dissolving negativity, cynicism and indifference. Bitterness and heaviness alone will never cleanse our soul. The joy and sweetness of teshuva not only cleanses but also brings about real change. EM Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman is the Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Russian Community Centre of Ontario. You can Ask the Rabbi at jrcc.org or fax to 416.222.7812. To meet with Rabbi Zaltzman in person, feel free to call 416.222.7105 to book an appointment. Appointments are generally available on Wednesday evenings after 7pm. Rebbitzin Chiena Zaltzman is also available for private consultations by appointment on Wednesday evenings from 9 to 10pm by calling 416.222.7105.

aRe The high holiDays solemn oR JoyoUs? На протяжении столетий еврейская жизнь всегда протекала в общине. Вся жизнь еврея зависела от помощи общины, община поставляла еврею все: обеспечивала приданое бедным невестам, оплачивала свадьбы, поставляла продукты для Суббот и праздников, - иными словами, заботилась о жизни каждого еврея. В наши дни происходит то же самое: община проводит свадьбы, организовывает проведение обряда Брит Мила и церемонии Бари Бат-Мицвы, поддержи-вает семьи в горе, если, не дай Б-г, кто-то умер. Это то, что община дает еврею. А что еврей может дать своей общине, чем еврей может быть полезен общине? Это Ваш вопрос? Да. Вы правы в том, что еврейская община всегда помогает каждому еврею. В этом заключается основное различие между еврейской общиной и общинами других народов. Читая мемуары Шестого Любавичского Ребе (всем советую с ними ознакомиться), становится понятно, как жили евреи последние 300 – 400 лет. В каждом местечке обязательно было место, где могли остановиться бедные странники, чтобы поесть и переночевать. Была организация, которая хоронила людей и ухаживала за кладбищами. Помогали вдовам и сиротам... The article above is excerpted from the Russian edition of Exodus Magazine. To subscribe, please visit exodusmagazine.org or call 416.222.7105.

LIGHTINGCANDLE TIMES Friday, Sep 2, 2022 7:33 PM Friday, Sep 9, 2022 7:21 PM Friday, Sep 16, 2022 7:08 PM Friday, Sep 23, 2022 6:55 PM Sunday, Sep 25, 2022 6:51 PM First day Rosh Hashanah Monday, Sep 26, 2022 7:50 PM Second day Rosh Hashanah Tuesday, Sep 27, 2022 7:48 PM Holiday Ends Friday, Sep 30, 2022 6:42 PM PRE CHALLAHHASHANAROSHBAKESEPTEMBER 22 18 FARBRENGENELULSEPTEMBER 13 HASHANAROSHSEPTEMBER 26-27 SHOFAR FACTORY AND SCHOOLHEBREWOPENHOUSEEVENTSEPTEMBER 18 OCTOBER 05 YOM KIPPUR

14 September 2022 / Elul 5782 Community BBQs are the highlight of the summer when the community spends time together and bond over grilled delights, salads and refreshing drinks! PHOTO OF THE MONTH CLAIM YOUR B I R T C A K E Members of the Jewish Russian community can drop by on their birthday month for a birthday cake. Visit the volunteer lounge in Room 6. More info: Hana hana.uralsky@jrcc.orgUralsky Delivering Holiday Packages & Birthday Cakes Walking & Driving Routes Available FOR MORE INFORMATION 416-222-7105 #291 hana.uralsky@jrcc.org BECOMEACTIVISTS!!COMMUNITY RSM is an award-winning, afterschool math enrichment program. Students can choose from a variety of K-12 courses that will be taught during our 6 week summer session. June 27th - August 4th ADVANCE IN MATH this Summer RSM - Toronto (416) 800-9119 RSM - Richmond Hill (647) 800-4114MathSchool.com Celebrating the birthdays of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe. JRCC S. Richmond Hill & Maple, 9699 Bathurst St. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 | 8:30 P.M. FARBRENGEN 18Elul

PRE-ROSH HASHANAH Baking challah for Shabbat and the holidays is a mitzvah and a unique spiritual experience for women. Come bake traditional round challah in honour of Rosh Hashanah. Details www.jrcc.org/ChallahBakeat CHALLAH BAKE CHALLAH BAKE SEPTEMBERTHURSDAY228:00PM ROUND CHALLAH FOR ROSH HASHANA At all JRCC Branches

My grandmother, Chaya, after whom I am named, was very beautiful. Many suitors tried to woo her.

15September 2022 / Elul 5782 Faces of the Community Inna (Chaya) Wiener Please tell us about your profession. By profession, I am a doctor, Ph.D., a licensed acupuncturist, and I am the director of the Pozit Medical Center. Tell about your family. My parents are from Ukraine, from Poltava. When the Second World War started, my father's family evacuated to Samarkand. The road was very difficult: the wagons were overcrowded, and they had to ride standing up. After stopping at the stations, they got into different cars, and grandfather shouted loudly so that they knew who was where.

During the wedding, she was replaced in the same way as our foremother Rachel was replaced by her sister Leah; my grandmother also had an older sister who needed to be married off urgently. They lived in a small house, and I remember for the rest of my life that my grandmother had a white tablecloth on the table. My father told me that during the evacuation of Samarkand before Passover, they took a large barrel and koshered all the dishes in it. They baked matzah themselves, and the children were given the task of poking the small holes in the matzah. They would pull the gears out of the clock, put them on a stick or pencil, and roll the dough around. That’s how real matzah was produced then. In Samarkand, my father falsified his age in order to get to the front. He said that, having received a summons, he ran home, but there was no one there. He quickly packed his things and ran away. Thus began his military career, and he was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later, in Israel, when he was seeing off his grandchildren to the army, he recalled with tears how he himself went to the front. At 80, he wrote a book about his life and family history. My parents were married for over 60 years.

My mother, a pediatrician, was an ideal wife - a companion, assistant, friend. Usually, before the Shabbat meal, the head of the family sings a hymn to the Jewish woman. My mother possessed all the virtues sung about in this Sabbath hymn. Our parents gave us a lot. We studied music, participated in sports, received a higher education. We were instilled with moral values, a sense of responsibility, and a love for people. Unfortunately, Jewish traditions were not passed on in the family- they were too afraid. The only thing I knew about being Jewish was that I was a Jewess and that you should only marry a Jew. Real Jewish knowledge came much later, after the iron curtain collapsed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Israeli embassy arranged a meeting with the writer Ephraim Bauch, author of the book Jacob's Ladder, in Alma-Ata, where I lived. The words of the writer penetrated my soul, but at the same time I was very upset: How is it that I, an educated person, do not know anything about Judaism, about the Torah?! And so I went to Chabad to study Judaism. At that time they did not have permanent classes. I joined a group of some grandmothers who provided with meals after class. I was having fun because already at that time I was making good money and did not need anything but knowledge. The rabbis, seeing my perseverance, offered to organize a Club of Scientists. I shared the idea with professors and associate professors I knew. Together, we enthusiastically learned the Jewish traditions, which the Soviet government had deprived us of. The process was not without curiosities. The rabbi did not speak Russian, and he was translated by a scientist participant, who knew a little English. When the rabbi spoke the word "Kohen" (which means "High Priest"), the scientist translated it as “penny” (since in English the word sounds like "coin"). We sorted it out later, when the rabbis began to speak a little Russian. For the first time in their lives, our scientists picked up the holy books - the Torah, the siddur, and began to study "Megillat Esther" with interest. I led this Club until my departure to Canada. Before leaving, I wrote a letter to the Rebbe for the first time and received his blessing. Everything the Rebbe told me is coming true! In Canada, thank G-d, I had the opportunity to go to the synagogue, communicate with rabbis, study the Torah, and observe Jewish traditions. From the very beginning, I turned to Rabbi Zaltzman on all issues. In difficult situations, he supported me morally, gave wise advice, and we wrote letters to the Rebbe more than once. I am very grateful to him. My son left for Israel at the age of sixteen under the Naale program. After the army, he graduated from university with excellent degrees. I began to introduce my daughter to Judaism. Now she is a religious person, the mother of six children, and now she teachesherself me a lot. She pays special attention to the Jewish upbringing of her children. Thank G-d, here in Toronto my husband and I opened the Pozit Alternative Medicine Clinic over ten years ago. Many specialists cooperate with us. 80% of our patients are InJewish.mypractice, I help people, utilizing the wisdom of the Torah and the book “Tanya” to pay great attention to the emotional state of a person. It is a very important component of healing. In our daily prayers we ask G-d to “heal us an we shall be healed,” implying two levels of healing. It is possible to cure the symptoms of the disease, but as long as there are problems on the spiritual-emotional level, the root of the disease will not go away.

What is Rosh Hashana?

3760 BCE: Birthday of humanity with the creation of Adam and Eve, and the first sin (of the Tree of Knowledge) and repentance on the same day.

Rosh HaShana Sept 25-27,

Shabbat and Holiday candles are lit by women and girls. See page 13 for exact candle lighting times. The blessings for lighting, with instructions, the candles can be found in the JRCC Calendar. i Learn more at jrcc.org/ShabbatCandles

The JRCC is here to assist with all your Rosh Hashana needs. See the back page of Exodus for a list of High Holiday Services locations. For assistance in making your Rosh Hashana plans, including attending services, having someone blow the Shofar for you in your home, or any other assistance, visit jrcc.org/HighHolidays or contact the JRCC.

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Rosh Hashana concludes at 7:48pm on Tuesday, Sept 27.

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• Shofar plans – make plans to hear the Shofar on the two days of Rosh Hashana• Holiday Candle Lighting - see below The First Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana, as the name implies, is the “head” of the year, from which all the energy that flows through the rest of the year emanates – including our connection to the Divine and all the blessings we need for the year. Just as a body needs a healthy head in order to function properly, so too the year needs a healthy Rosh Hashana in order to channel its energy in the best way.

1677 BCE: The Binding of Isaac, and the passing of his mother Sarah 1746: The Baal Shem Tov’s vision of Moshiach, during which he asked him when he would finally come. His reply?

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2105 BCE: The Great Flood in the days of Noach ends.

• Have a new seasonal fruit for the second night

• Prepare the festival meals in advance• Prepare/purchase the special Rosh Hashana foods

Rosh Hashana is the anniversary of the birth of humankind Why do we celebrate Rosh Hashana, and the beginning of the year, on this day?

Rosh Hashana begins at 6:51pm on Sunday, Sept 25.

All times displayed in this guide are for the Greater Toronto Area.

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Shabbat and Holiday Candle Lighting

The creation of humanity is what enables the true purpose of Creation to be fulfilled. G‑d created a world that conceals His presence, and He wants us to reveal it. Only humans – who are endowed with intelligence and freedom of choice; the ability to accept G‑d or reject Him – can accomplish this.

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Rosh Hashana in Jewish History

“When your teachings are disseminated and revealed in the world, and your wellsprings spread to the outside,” a reference to Chassidic teachings.

Sweetness

One of the unique qualities of honey as it’s described in Jewish literature is that it doesn’t overpower with brute force, like fire which violently consumes whatever it touches. Honey overpowers with sweetness. The sweetness of honey is so intense that everything it touches is overwhelmed and succumbs to its sweet embrace. This power of honey represents a deeper approach to the High Holidays. Yes, these are somber times, and there is a real need to return to G d. But the introspection and good resolutions that these days inspire need not come from a place of guilt. Rather, when we experience the sweetness of Divine love, when we feel how close G d is to us and what a blessing it is to be a Jew, our joy can melt away whatever is evil and purify us from our less than kosher ways. This is why we start the High Holidays by dipping challah and apple in honey. Only a Judaism that is infused with sweetness and joy has the power to dissolve negativity, cynicism and indifference. Sadness and heaviness will not cleanse our soul. But the experience of sweetness will.

Special Rosh Hashana Foods

Here are a few Weexamples:dipapiece of sweet (red) apple into honey, praying that it be G-d’s will to renew for us a good and sweet year. A head of a fish, ram, or other kosher animal, is served. This symbolizes our desire to be at the “head of the class” this year. A pomegranate is eaten, symbolizing our wish to have a year full of mitzvah and good deeds, as a pomegranate is filled with luscious seeds.

On Rosh Hashana it is customary not to eat foods which are sour or tart. Instead, the focus is on sweet foods, symbolizing our desire to have a sweet year, blessings and abundance. It is also customary not to eat nuts on Rosh Hashana, as the numerical value of the Hebrew word for nuts (“egoz”) is the same as the Hebrew word for sin (“chet”).

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5. It reminds us of the war cries of our enemies as they broke into the Temple in Jerusalem and destroyed it.

3. It evokes the shofar blasts that were heard when G d descended on Mount Sinai and gave us the Torah.

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The shofar blasts on Rosh Hashana are associated with the coming of Moshiach, especially the long, extended blast at the end of each set. The prophet Isaiah writes, “On that day a great shofar will be sounded, and those who are lost in the land of Ashur (Assyria) and those who are cast away in the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt) shall come and bow down to G d on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.”

There are different ways we can get lost in the journey of life.

Ashur means “bliss,” a reference to the luxuries and pleasures of prosperity we can get lost in. Mitzrayim means “constraints,” a reference to the various limitations, stresses and pressures that swallow us alive. Both of these phenomena are burdens that hold us back from realizing our true spiritual potential, and both will be lifted with the sounding of the great shofar that will awaken us with the coming of Moshiach.

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6. Made of a ram’s horn, the shofar recalls the near-sacrifice of Isaac, who was saved when G d showed Abraham a ram to bring as an offering in his stead.

The Moshiach Connection

Although the Torah does not specify why we are to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Saadia Gaon compiled a list of ten reasons for this special mitzvah:

7. Its loud piercing sound humbles us and fills us with awe before G d.

1. On Rosh Hashana we coronate G d as King of the world. The shofar’s trumpeting call heralds this exciting event.

2. Its piercing wail serves to awaken slumbering souls that have grown complacent.

Why Shofar? Ten Reasons

9. It gives us hope, mirroring the sound of the “great shofar” that will call together the Jewish people who are scattered to the corners of the earth at the time of the coming of Moshiach.

8. It foreshadows the day of judgment at the end of days, which the prophet describes as “a day of shofar and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high towers.”

10. It reminds us of the Revival of the Dead, about which we read, “dwellers of the earth ... a shofar is sounded you shall hear.”

A central part of Judaism is about expressing the spiritual within our physical lives in a meaningful way. That’s why there are so many mitzvahs and details governing daily life. Even the foods we eat have significance – especially on an auspicious day like Rosh Hashana.

4. It echoes the cries of the prophets who urged Israel to mend their ways and return to G d and His commandments.

YOM KIPPUR Oct 4-5,

1973: Start of the Yom Kippur War Eve of Yom Kippur Rituals

Yom Kippur in Jewish History

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Pre-Holiday to-do list• Cook food for before and after the fast• Make sure to drink plenty of water in the days before the fast• Prepare Yizkor candles• Holiday Candle Lighting - see page 15 We’re here to help For assistance in making your Yom Kippur plans, including attending services, arranging Yizkor services for your loved ones, or any other assistance, visit jrcc.org/HighHolidays or contact the JRCC.

Five Key Yom ObservancesKippur On Yom Kippur, according to direct Torah law, we are commanded to avoid the following five activities: 1. Eating or drinking (in case of need, see here and consult a medical professional and a rabbi) 2. Wearing leather shoes 3. Applying lotions or creams 4. Washing or bathing 5. Engaging in conjugal relations FEAST Eat two festive meals –one in early afternoon, one just before the fast BLESSINGS Bless the children with the Priestly Blessings before the holiday begins YIZKOR Light Yizkor candles before Yom beginsKippur MIKVAH Immerse in a Mikvah to purify before the holy day ATONEMENT Kaparot ritual (early morning) LEKACH Give and receive honey cake i Learn more at jrcc.org/YomKippurЖурналЭксодус,путеводитель по праздникам Exodus Magazine Holiday Companion

1313 BCE: The receiving of the Second Tablets after the first ones were destroyed as a result of the Sin of the Golden Calf 410 BCE: Ezekiel’s vision of the Third Temple following the destruction of the First and Second Temple.

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Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when the essence of the soul shines and we are closest to G‑d – a day of atonement and becoming one with our Creator and our true selves.

Yom Kippur concludes at 7:34pm on Wednesday, Oct 5. All times displayed in this guide are for the Greater Toronto Area.

Yom Kippur begins at 6:35pm on Tuesday, Oct 4.

Myth: Yom Kippur Is a Sad Day

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On Yom Kippur afternoon, we read the story of Jonah (he of the got swallowed by a giant fish fame). What is the connection between the Book of Jonah and Yom Kippur? When he experienced his adventure, Jonah was trying to escape from G d, so to speak. G d wanted him to deliver a prophesy to the residents of Nineveh that their city would be destroyed if they did not repent. He was hesitant to do so, because he knew that they would repent while the people of Israel would not, creating “bad karma” for the Israelites. The story of Jonah teaches us that we can’t run away from ourselves. Just as Jonah’s endeavor to escape G‑d’s providence was unsuccessful, so, too, we are incapable of eluding our divine purpose in this world and the divine justice for transgressions we may have committed.

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The Moshiach Connection

What will Yom Kippur look like when Moshiach comes? The Yalkut Shimoni states, “All the holidays will be nullified in the future except for Purim. Rebbe Eliezer says that even Yom Kippur will never be nullified, as the verse states ‘it is an everlasting statute.’” We will fast on this day just as we do now, even though the world will be permeated with goodness. The purpose of this fast will be to atone for sins prior. Nevertheless, the other Yom Kippur observances, such as not wearing leather shoes, not bathing and the prohibition against marital relations, will be rescinded.

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Perhaps because it shares some basic components with Tisha B’Av, our national day of mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and the exile of our people, many view Yom Kippur as a sad day. The fact is that Yom Kippur is one of the two happiest days on the calendar. It is the day when G‑d forgives us for our sins, a day when we are cleansed from the baggage we picked up during the course of the year. On a deeper level: This forgiveness is achieved because this day is when we rise above the mundane nature of our lives. We rise to a spiritual state of being, connect to our inner souls, and by extension, we are one with G‑d himself. What could be more celebratory than that?

No prayer is ignored and no tear goes unnoticed. But the response is not always in the form we expect it to be. At the high point of Yom Kippur, toward the end of the day in the Neilah prayer, we address G‑d with the following plea: “You who hears the sound of weeping, store our tears in Your flask, and save us from all cruel decrees.” This seems to be a strange expression. Why would G‑d store our tears? It doesn’t seem to be of any use to keep our tears in a flask. Not always are our prayers answered in the way we want them to be. Sometimes, in His wisdom, G‑d does not grant us our wishes at the time we demand them. Instead, He stores away our tears and files away our prayers, to be taken out and answered at another time. In physics, the law of conservation of energy states that energy can never be destroyed, it just changes from one form to another. There is a similar law in metaphysics. No prayer is ever lost; no tear is ever wasted. Your request will be granted; it just may be in an unexpected form. So keep praying, because every word is stored away. It will rebound back to you when you need it most.

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If the days of inauguration of the Third Temple falls during Yom Kippur, then on that Yom Kippur we will not fast, just as was done during the inauguration of the First Temple in the times of King Solomon.

Yizkor When: Wednesday, Oct 5 Yizkor is the remembrance prayer for departed loved ones, where we implore G‑d to remember the souls of our relatives and friends that have passed on. The main component of Yizkor is our private pledge to give charity following the holiday in honor of the deceased. By giving charity, we are performing a positive physical deed in this world, something that the departed can no longer do, especially if our goods deeds emulate theirs. Yizkor renews and strengthens the connection between us and our loved one, brings merit to the departed souls, and elevates them in their celestial homes.

On a more uplifting note: G‑d spared the people of Nineveh although He had already decreed that they would be destroyed because of their evil ways. This teaches us that no matter our past behavior, G‑d’s benevolence and mercy awaits us if we only repent full heartedly.

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How can we accept a man who committed such crimes against man and G‑d as a sage and voice of Jewish law? Because when he returned, he did so with great love and joy, and in doing so, he harnessed the energy of those crimes and channeled it into the joy of learning Torah and the love of his fellow human being. Resh Lakish was a man who rewrote the story of his own past.

On the first day, the first time around, there was no human being—and so, no interaction. The very first time around, you might say, was the only free lunch. After that, it all depends on us.

Kabbalists call it a desire for pleasure. What pleasure? The pleasure He chose to have from seeing His creatures take charge of their lives and join with Him in the act of perfecting creation. EM

A shameful one will not let up on its shame.

Together with Yom Kippur and the eight days between the two, these ten days provide the most fertile soil for planting a new life and rewriting the past. To become a partner in your own creation and the creation of your entire world. Because they mark the anniversary of the creation of that opportunity, through the creation of humankind.Notonlyis Rosh Hashanah “the beginning of Your works”—it is also “a remembrance of the first day.”

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, a senior editor at Chabad.org, is the author of Bringing Heaven Down to Earth and more recently Wisdom to Heal the Earth. To subscribe to regular updates of Rabbi Freeman's writing or purchase his books, visit Chabad.org. Follow him on FaceBook @RabbiTzviFreeman.

How is that possible? Only because the universe has a soul, an inner core. There is more to the universe than “stuff that happens.”Behind every action is an energy that defines that action and directs its propagation of new events over time. What determines the sort of energy that goes into any particular action? The intent of the individual who initiates that action. An action with a selfish intent receives a kind of energy that does not allow anything divine to enter. An action done with divine purpose, on the other hand, can only lead to more good things. So as the meaning of your past changes, its energy changes as well. As its energy changes, so the direction to which it has led external events adjusts and swerves. All those disasters left in its wake will somehow turn around for the good as well. Ask those who have done teshuvah out of love and joy, and they will attest to its power to pull in even those with whom they committed their misdeeds.Itturns out that time does not flow through a tidy chain of events from the past to the future. Rather, the dynamo of time lies within the moment now. Each moment of “now” is potentially the beginning of all time. Because right now you have the power to rewrite the entire story. G‑d could have created a world with a single beginning. That would have been a very top down universe. Which is not what HeInstead,wanted.He created an interactive universe— one whose creatures could interact with their Creator in the creation of their own world, step by step, year by year, day by day. That’s the meaning of Rosh Hashanah.

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The memory of failure continues to set roadblocks at every crossroad of life. The experience of abuse continues to manifest in its many ugly guises—as anger, as cowardice, as numbness, as a fear to move forward in life, a trepidation of relationships, and a gagging reflex to vulnerability. So what he does is to choose a new frame for all these portraits of the past. A greater context. One that transforms them, even inverts them, from ugly, creepy monsters to divine guardian angels. Because his strength today, the depth of life that he experiences now, the sense of accomplishment he now knows because he bootstrapped himself out of that mud—he looks back and sees all this as it formed within the womb of his past. Within the earth, as it was “void and empty, darkness over the face of the deep,” there lay a story to be “Greattold.is teshuvah,” taught Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish, “because it inverts even deliberate sins into Teshuvahmerits.”means to return, to come back to who you really are and leave behind a false past. Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish was a master of teshuvah—he had led a gang of highway robbers through pillage, murder, and rape, only to return to a Torah life and become one of the major sages of the Talmud. Even then, he was known as Resh Lakish—meaning, quite literally, “head gangster.”

You might say, “But the past remained what it was—a past of crime. People were robbed of their possessions, of their human dignity, and of their lives. Each crime casts a ripple of disasters in its wake—perhaps, in this case, a tsunami. For himself, Resh Lakish changed the meaning of his past. But the actions remain.” So it would seem. But the Rebbe insists that a human being is capable of changing even the past outside of himself.

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