Reply To: Rosh HaShana thoughts:

“Kol Shana Sherosh B’Techilasa, Misasheres B’Sofah” (Gemora R”H)Any year that starts off poorly, will end with riches.

We must enter Rosh HaShana like paupers and desperate people. Like people who have absolutely nothing. Because that’s what we have. Nothing. It’s a new year, and we must ask, no BEG, the RBS”O to grant us yet another year of health, parnassa family, strength, and everything else that we have this year. Don’t think that just because you have something NOW, so you’ll have it next year TOO. We are not a muchzik over ANYTHING!. One minute we can have something, the next minute it can be taken away. We are ALL paupers on Rosh HaShana.

There’s this fellow, had a beautiful eishes chayil this year with lovely children. Then, one day, out of the clear blue, …..they’re gone. The rich can lose his wealth, a healthy person his health, and R”L a family member can be taken away from any of us. It’s a new year, we must beg for our lives and everything that is in it. Everything.

this is SO scary, but we MUST approach R”H in FULL AWARENESS and comprehend our situation. Not to merely stroll blindly into Yom Tov without much thought and go through the motions mechanically, by rote.

With much love and gratitude to all CR members, a Kesiva V’Chasima Tova. May we all merit Hashem’s blessings and love, and be written into the Sefer HaChayim.