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Rosh HaShanah: Malchus 👑

We know that the primary avodah of Rosh HaShanah is תמלכוני עליכם, accepting Hashem’s Kingship. But how is this different than קבלת עול מלכות שמים that we say twice a day in שמע?

R’ Gedalya Schorr explains that every day, we accept Hashem as our boss, accepting our obligation to do as He says. But the Malchus of Rosh HaShanah goes far deeper than that.

On Rosh HaShanah, we accept Hashem as our King. We do not do what He says only because He controls our fate. Rather, we accept Him as King because we want to have a connection with Him. By relating to Hashem as a King, we are able to form a relationship with Him that we would not otherwise be able to have.

By accepting Hashem as our King, we are not actually changing His role in this world. What we are changing is our role. We are His people, and He is our King. Our very identities are intertwined, defined by our relationship to each other. And we would would not have it any other way.

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