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spot any soul bling recently? Send us your comments to [email protected] Ben Sherman of Farbrengen Magazine dons food judaica the gas mask for the grating room with Marc Teh Lulav & Gold of Gold’s. Etrog Shake For thousands of years, the Jewish People have fulfilled the biblical mitzvah to “Take for yourself a beautiful W hy You Don’t fruit and the palm branch.” Known as Know Borscht! pow er: kosher-style the four kinds, your By Dr. Ben Sherman It sounds like the beginning of a joke; “A rabbi, Lulav and Etrog set is a doctor and an entrepreneur get together,” used everyday (except I asked the girl in but the punch line is: seriously great tasting Shabbat) during the the green Starbucks protein bars! The secrets are in the doctor’s festival of Sukkot. To apron for a “Grande SmartFoods Technology™, with a little help get your own Lulav and Iced Borscht with from the Kabbalah. The all new bars are “Cholov Etrog set, contact your 3 pumps of Schav.” Yisroel”, made with whey protein supervised in local Chabad. She said “With room a centuries old tradition. Order your power bars www.chabad.org/centers for cream?” No she online at www.actionnutrition.net didn’t. You see, the Russian-style beet and Price: Peanut Butter Chocolate $1.99 ea. cabbage borscht, served hot as soup or cold Peanut Butter Chocolate $1.59 ea. as beer, is part of the culinary repertoire y ou can’t blow of Jews hailing from Eastern Europe. But, this shofar off sadly, this traditional beverage is just a mystery to most Americans. For me, there Marc Gold of Gold’s was always a cold jar of red borscht in donning Tefillin with my grandmother’s Brooklyn fridge. It was Rabbi Yossi Lieberman. something my zaidy drank while he read Always dreamed of owning the Yiddish daily. Yet, as the years went and pasted labels, all a 29”-32” Yemenite shofar? This on and Yiddish daily’s turned into English by hand while sitting Rosh Hashanah you could be the Weekly’s, red borscht was set to be soon around the kitchen proud owner of a 100% kosher forgotten. table. Hyman quickly out-grew his bicycle route handcrafted yemenite shofar made Recently, I convinced my editor to fly me to and bought a car. In 1946, Gold Pure Food Inc, from an antelope’s horn! New York and I went to meet Marc Gold. He got their own apartment in Brooklyn. Today, www.kehot.com. Price: $98.99 is one of the only people that still produces the Gold’s mega plant in Long Island is run by Marc and his cousins. They produce a variety of that classic red jar of borscht and that’s Magazine staff writer going to do with Yiddish cultural condiments. Borscht, Lo-Calorie when I finally got my Grande Iced Borscht. his interview of a Jewish CEO? That’s Borscht, Unsalted Borscht or Schav, Russian right, while I hold the camera, my Style Borscht, and now the New York Mets’ have Marc is a borscht connoisseur who’s first brother-in-law, Rabbi Yossi Lieberman, made Gold’s their official ball-park mustard. job as a five-year-old was to slash boxes the local Chabad Rabbi, helps Marc Gold’s pack and ship some 17 million jars of of red horseradish with a red ink marker. with the mitzvah of Tefillin. It’s getting horseradish a year, but not as much borscht. Marc was too young to to work the family late and I have to catch a plane back Borscht sales are in a slow decline. conveyer belt, he was barley able to make to California, so we say L’Chaim, and an x. There is nothing like a good story As we drink and sample new products in Marc’s finish the borscht eager to go read a over cold borscht. I was about to enjoy the Yiddish daily. Marc Gold story. It all started in 1932, when office it is immediately apparent that Marc now Marc’s grandparents, Tillie and Hyman has someone else making red lines on the boxes, For the full line of Gold’s products, visit Gold, grated horseradish roots, filled jars and it’s not a five-year-old. So, what’s a Chabad www.goldshorseradish.com.

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How I see It. uled each January rotating between world- by Sam Glaser class ski resorts. I have grown to love this www.samglaser.com bunch of learned ski addicts. We study Torah for an hour in the morning, ski all day and then meet for more learning when the lifts the way close. What better way to celebrate my love of Judaism with my favorite sport! During a recent conference I was lucky enough to stay at a relative’s beautiful condominium. I fig- ured I’d share the good fortune with some of I see it my rabbi friends so I invited a group to gather for songs and snacks one of the nights. I One Man travels through scrambled back to the condo after a very in- the jewish topography tense day of back bowl powder skiing to find that the local market had just closed. Now by Sam Glaser I had a serious problem. I had no car, no knowledge of another market in the area to buy munchies and libations and my friends were on their way within the hour.

I suddenly remembered where to go for help: As a rule these rabbis and cantors are entirely dedicated to their holy work the previous year I had performed a concert and wear their love for Judaism on their sleeve. Nevertheless, when I men- in Aspen sponsored by the local Reform tion how influential Chabad has been in my life, comments often slip out community in conjunction with Chabad. like, “Oh, Chabad - the closest religion to Judaism!” Or, “they just opened And that Chabad rabbi had a brother who down the street so they could siphon off our membership!” First the dig and then, had just set up shop in the town where I was. “but they do great work.” I looked up this rabbi whom I had never met in my life. When I called to beg for the im- After enough of these ripostes I was concerned that this diatribe was a universal mediate delivery of wine, sodas and snacks mantra. That was until a recent Chanukah Shabbaton in Orlando, FL where I met his response was simple: “I’ll be right over!” Rabbi Gary Perras. He is a veteran Conservative rabbi and hanging proudly in his A smorgasbord of munchies appeared within office is a 3x4’ portrait of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. As we lit candles together in his twenty minutes just before the group of rab- home on one of those ubiquitous Chabad supplied menorahs he explained his per- bis arrived. This well-meaning Chabadnik spective. He was one of the only rabbis to welcome Chabad to Orlando when the wouldn’t accept any money from me - he other rabbis were protesting. He argues that one can’t “steal” members...they vote didn’t want to diminish his mitzvah of kind- with their feet and many crave the spiritual nourishment that Chabad provides. ness to strangers. When Rabbi Gary’s congregants opt for Chabad he considers it a success story: they will be more likely to keep kosher and marry Jewish. He stated “my job isn’t When my guests arrived we sang and made to retain members, it’s to get people into Judaism.” toasts and I could tell that my new rabbi friend wasn’t quite ready to leave. He felt I was recently nominated as a Jewish Community Hero in the national Jewish compelled to give offer a word of Torah. I Federation-sponsored online campaign. When I checked the website to see who realized it might be a bit awkward but I fig- else was nominated I observed that the majority chosen were Chabadniks. When ured “what could be the harm?” He spoke a rabbi friend called to encourage me to get out the vote (a $25,000 prize was in about the portion of the week for about ten the offing,) I mentioned the skewed presence of Lubavitchers in the running. He minutes and then said goodbye. A furious responded, “well, that’s because they have the time to be out in the streets with the convention leader then escorted me into a people: they run to visit the sick, they counsel addicts, they kasher kitchens, while bedroom. “How dare you invite a Chabad I’m stuck behind a desk with budgets, board meetings and membership drives.” rabbi to speak to us! This whole kumzitz was a setup so that you could get that man here!” How many times has Chabad come to my rescue? With a kosher meal, a place I tried to explain myself but I’m not sure if to stay for Shabbat, a minyan. Thanks to Chabad I have otherwise secular friends she believes me to this day. who can quote chassidut. Just after my parents started to keep kosher, a miracle I thought might never transpire, they moved to Pacific Palisades, a decidedly ko- Dear fellow Jews, we’re all in this together. sher-free zone. I feared they’d never make it without a community to support their When we stand united, our collective light new lifestyle. Lo and behold, that very year a new Chabad rabbi set up shop in shines and the glory of G-d is apparent to their neighborhood. They were welcomed as founding members of the fledgling all. “How lovely are your tents, Jacob!” All chapter that is now a full-blown shul filled with Jewish life. of our denominations make crucial contribu- tions to the whole. We are all on the same My positive experiences are too numerous to mention but I’ll offer one anecdote. team, fighting ignorance, assimilation and Every year I ski, sing and study at a rabbinic convention, which is cleverly sched- intermarriage. There is far more that we have cover | feature

The Gold Medal Champ with Amnesia by Dr. Ben Sherman recently went to visit a war hero who had swam back into the drowning helicopter to save two men. When I met Jesse at an assisted living facility near my home his war worn body had already clammed up years ago. Jesse doesn’t talk and he stares I blankly at the door. Years of post traumatic stress disorder has left him with droopy eyes and bit of a drool. Whenever I visit, I salute and say “Jesse, You are a soldier. And behind those blank eyes is a hero. And for that I salute you.“

I do that because of a Chasidic story I was at Mount Sinai, a soul that was ber yourself. You need the vision to heard as a child: taught the entire Torah, a soul that see past your own spiritual amnesia. was once part of the Creator. Chabad Sure, you may not be willing to jump A long line of Chasidim waited to see philosophy teaches that once a part of back in to a raging sea, or you may the rebbe. The town’s fool had also G-d, the soul is always a part of G-d. not even be willing to join the army. come to see the great Rebbe. Sure But, don’t let that fool you. Trapped enough, the rebbe met with the loo- That’s why when it comes to learn- in your body is a war hero. At your ny for an extended period of time. ing Torah it’s not about teaching your essence you are a part of G-d, greater Reb Yosef, the next chasid in line, soul new tricks. In truth all you need than an angel. “...The chasid asked the rebbe why he had wasted to do is remember. But, our day to day so much time with the fool. “You’re a battles tend to make us forget. But most important, the chasid must must first jeweler Yosef, let me see some of your first see others as spiritual heroes, for- samples. The man showed the rebbe So how do we remember? Perhaps, mer ice skating champs, Divine gems, see others as a few diamonds he had with him and the same way the ice skating cham- as the chasid knows that the man with the rebbe said the largest one was the pion with amnesia would remember amnesia may have a much greater spiritual most expensive. Reb Yosef said Rebbe to skate. Straps on those skates and soul than the chasid himself. And for “stick to the talmud, leave diamond you give him a little push on the ice. that I salute you. heroes, dealing to me, for the clarity is what Wow. Somehow, the gold medal ice makes these diamonds more or less in skater emerges again. Ben Sherman is a family physician living former ice value. “Yes, exactly” shouted the reb- in Mission Viejo, CA. Sherman is a staff be. “You stick to diamonds, and leave What do you tell a Jew who wants writer for Farbrengen Magazine. skating the soul dealings to me, for sometimes nothing to do with a mitzvah? What a great soul can be trapped in the do you tell a Jew who can’t remember body of a simple fool.” he has a soul? Perhaps, try to strap on champs, the tefillin and give him a little push. So, do you have a soul worthy of Divine talking to a Rebbe? I think so. The Rebbe helps people remember, but the chasid’s job is to visit, and have an gems” It is written in the Talmud, that each extra pair of skates. To be a chasid of one of us has an old soul, a soul that the Rebbe you must be able to remem- cover | feature

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Similar to a shopping spree at the mall, where we’d pick up all sorts of merchandise, the month of Tishrei enriches us with a whole collection of deep experiences from which we can draw sustenance all year long. We just need to unpack the merchandise and put it to use.

Rosh YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI ATZERET/ September 27-28 October 2-9 SIMCHAT TORAH Hashanah October 9-11 September 18-20 After the sin of the Golden Sukkot, the season of rejoic- Calf, Moses fasted and prayed for ing, means “huts,” reminiscent of Shemini Atzeret U nlike a typical New 40 days on behalf of the Jewish the temporary shelters in which and Simchat Torah Year celebration, the people. On Yom Kippur, the Jewish people dwelled in the are the culmina- Jewish New Year is a G-d proclaimed, “I have desert. Also called the Festival tion of the holi- time of awe and solem- forgiven.” Yom Kippur of Ingathering, Sukkot is the days of Tishrei. On nity. Rosh Hashanah means, means “day of atonement” and time that the produce from the Shemini Atzeret, “head of the year.” Just as the is the holiest day of the year. field, orchard and vineyard which means “the head controls the body, Rosh B efore Yom Kippur, we observe is collected. It is one of three eighth day that con- Hashanah contains the potential the Kapparot service by rotating Pilgrimage Festivals when Jews cludes the festival,” for life, blessing and sus- a fowl or money over our heads, would travel to the Holy Temple some customarily eat tenance for the entire which we then give to the poor. in Jerusalem, demonstrating their their meals in the year. On Yom Kippur, we do not eat, unity. We express this unity by sukkah. In the synagogue, On Rosh drink, wash, use perfume, have blessing the Four Kinds: The we dance Hakafot with the Hashanah, the birth- marital relations or wear leather lulav (palm branch), etrog (citron), Torah—processions amid singing day of Adam and shoes. It is a custom to wear white, haddasim (myrtle) and aravot and dancing—and pray for rains Eve, we renew our symbolic of purity. (willow). of blessing. relationship with Yom Kippur begins with Kol During the Simchat Torah, which means G-d and are evalu- Nidrei, expressing our timeless seven days “rejoicing with the Torah,” is ated, together with all of human- commitment to G-d. We ask for of Sukkot, we celebrated with exuberant danc- ity. The words we read in the G-d’s forgiveness, enumerat- eat our meals ing. Completing the annual cycle machzor, the holiday prayer book, ing our shortcomings with the outdoors in the of reading the Torah, we read help us channel our feelings. The resolve to strengthen our connec- sukkah. The the final section of the Torah, shofar awakens our hearts to the tion with Him. The prayers are sukkah is the only mitzvah that after which we immediately start awesome power of the day and phrased in the plural, for all Jews encompasses us, symbolizing to read it again. The rest of the trumpets our acceptance of G-d are considered one soul, respon- the “clouds of glory,” which year, we approach the Torah with as our Master. sible for each other. surrounded and protected the serious study. On Simchat Torah, Our actions on Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur reveals the Jewish people upon leaving we approach the Torah with joy- set the tone for the year to come. essence of the Jewish soul, a Egypt. ful dance. During the Tashlich service, we spark of G-d united with its Hoshanah Rabbah, the last day This holiday emphasizes that symbolically “cast” our sins into Source. The final prayer of Yom of Sukkot, means “great salva- the Torah is the inheritance of the water. We eat apples dipped Kippur, when our judgment for tion,” and marks the end every single Jew. By starting to in honey, wishing for a good and the coming year is sealed, is of our judgment period, which read the Torah anew, we demon- sweet year, and eat new fruits called Ne’ilah, “closing the gate,” began on Rosh Hashanah. We strate that learning never ends, symbolizing new beginnings. which culminates with the final traditionally tap the floor with a especially when it comes to the This is reflected in the words that sounding of the shofar. bundle of willow branches, and Torah and its infinite wisdom. we say during Rosh Hashanah, ask G-d to seal our inscription Checklist for Shemini Atzeret/ “May you be inscribed and Checklist for Yom Kippur: for a sweet year. sealed for a good year.” (See inside for more information) Simchat Torah  Kapparot and charity, before Checklist for Sukkot (See inside for more information) Checklist for Rosh Hashanah: Yom Kippur (See inside for more information) (See inside for more information)  Candlelighting, both nights  Two festive meals, before the fast  Candlelighting, first two nights  Candlelighting, both nights  Yahrzeit memorial candle is lit  Kiddush and festive meals,  Kiddush and festive meals, before Yom Kippur (if applicable) first two nights and first two days both nights and both days  Kiddush and festive meals, both  Candlelighting, before sunset  Dance Hakafot, both nights nights and both days  Eat all meals in the sukkah and second day  Fast, from before sundown until  Apple dipped in honey, first night  Bless the Four Kinds each day, after nightfall except Shabbat  Yizkor memorial prayers, first day  New fruit is enjoyed, second night  Yizkor memorial prayers, during  On Hoshanah Rabbah, eat fes daytime services tive meal and tap the aravot (wil  Hear the shofar  Break the fast after the Havdalah low branches)  Visit a body of water for Tashlich service, marking the end of the holiday

guests) who visit the sukkah: abraham, isaac, jacob, moses, aaron, joseph, david // 7 days of pesach and sukkot // joshua circles the walls of jericho 7 times before they fell // biblical contamination holidays | high holiday guide e

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The Shofar TESHUVAH-”REPENTANCE” Your Personal Return to Sender Wake-Up Call Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Blown both days of Rosh Hashanah, except Shabbat, and at the end of Yom Kippur. “Teshuvah redeems the Source of the soul from its exile and returns the flow of the Divine manifestation to its “After the blowing of the shofar, a new, more sublime Divine light descends, so sublime a light as has yet never proper place.” (The Zohar) shone since the Creation of the world.” (Tanya) Although often translated as repentance, teshuvah really means “return”—a return to the true inner self that One hundred sounds are blown from the shofar each day is always connected to its Source. The path of teshuvah of Rosh Hashanah. The shofar is a ram’s horn, the oldest begins with sincere regret for our transgressions and the and most primitive of wind instruments, yet its call touch- resolve to abandon those ways. It is also the desire to come es the innermost chords of the soul. Its sound is simple and closer to G-d through prayer and increased performance plaintive—a cry from the heart, like that of a lost child for of mitzvot, particularly the giving of charity to the poor, its parent. It is a call to evaluate our actions and improve which “redeem” the soul from spiritual captivity. our ways, as expressed in the verse: “Awake sleepers from your sleep; slumberers. Arise from your slumber–examine In the words of The Zohar, teshuvah returns the Divine your deeds, return and remember your Creator.” presence, the Source of the soul, from the exile to which it was banished by transgression. The shofar proclaims the coronation of G-d as King of the Universe and brings to mind great events that involved a ram’s horn. After the binding of Isaac, Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his son; this ram's horn was blown 363 KOL NIDREI years later when the Jewish people gathered at Sinai to receive the Torah; its horn will also herald the coming of Look at our Hearts, Moshiach and the final redemption of the Jewish people. Not our Clothes Heard the night of Yom Kippur. TASHLICH “Let our vows not be considered vows; let our oaths not Fishing for Wisdom be considered oaths.” (Kol Nidrei) Performed before sunset on the first day of Rosh Hashanah The first prayer of Yom Kippur, as the sun is setting, is (or second day, if first occurs on Shabbat). Kol Nidrei, the cancellation of vows. The significance of “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of G-d as the this prayer dates back to the persecution of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition of the 15th Century, when Jews waters cover the ocean floor.” (Tashlich liturgy) were forced to convert to Catholicism under the threat of Before sunset on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, death. Tashlich (“cast away") is observed. We visit the bank of Outwardly, the Jews behaved like their Spanish neigh- a river, lake, or any stretch of water containing live fish, bors, but in private they remained devout. Once a year and recite special prayers. The words of the prophet Micah, they would gather in secret, declaring Kol Nidrei to vow which are recited at Tashlich, contain the meaning behind their commitment to Judaism, despite their seemingly this custom: “[G-d] will cast our transgressions into the Catholic lives. Kol Nidrei was their proclamation that their depth of the sea.” The Kabbalah teaches that water sym- external behavior was not who they were. bolizes kindness, and fish remind us of the ever-watchful Our souls are cloaked in external garments, which are eye of G-d’s providence. Fish have no eyelids, so their eyes simply not us. Though we may think, talk and act in ways are always open. incongruous to our Jewishness, that is not who we truly The creatures of the sea symbolize unity with the Divine. are. On Yom Kippur, we hope to transcend our outer gar- Righteous people are termed “fish of the sea”—just as fish ments and reach our inner souls. are encompassed by the sea, the righteous are absorbed in the waters of Torah, completely united with G-d.

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The hadas (myrtle branch) is tasteless but aromatic, rep- THE SUKKAH resenting one who, though lacking in Torah knowledge, Seven Days is observant in mitzvot. Under His Roof The tasteless and scentless aravah (willow branch) repre- sents the individual who lacks in both Torah and mitzvot. Sukkot is a seven-day festival. When we are bound together, each individual makes up “It is fitting that all of Israel should dwell in a for that which is lacking in the others. single sukkah.” (Talmud) The Four Kinds also represent four personas within A sukkah is an outdoor structure, where we dwell during each individual: Lulav is the intellectual within, who does the Festival of Sukkot in symbolic demonstration of our faith not allow feeling to cloud the purity of knowledge; hadas in G-d's providence. Its roof is composed of vegetation such is the emotional self, where feelings comprise the highest as evergreen branches, cornhusks or bamboo stalks. ideal, even at the expense of intellect; etrog is the force that strives for balance of mind and heart, while aravah is “Sukkah is the only mitzvah into which a person enters the capacity for setting aside both intellect and feeling in with his muddy boots,” goes the Chassidic saying. The commitment to a Higher ideal. sukkah, its walls and roofing, encompass us entirely. Our whole being—from our intellect and emotion down to the tips of our toes—is involved with this mitzvah. The Zohar teaches that on each of the seven days Dances with of Sukkot, we are joined in our sukkah by seven spiritual Ushpizin, honored guests: Abraham, representing the the torah divine sefira (attribute) of chesed, kindness; Isaac, rep- Feel the Beat resenting gevurah, restraint; Jacob, representing tifferet, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. beauty and balance; Moses representing netzach, eter- nity and perseverance; Aaron, representing hod, splendor; “The Torah wants to circle the bimah and Joseph, representing yesod, spiritual foundation, and King dance; since it cannot, we become its David, representing malchut, sovereignty. ‘feet,’ transporting the Torah around the reading table, just as feet transport the The sukkah encompasses its visitors in unison. In this way, the sukkah reveals the simple and beautiful head.” (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch) oneness of a people rooted in the oneness of their Creator. When all of Israel dwells in a single suk- All reserve disappears in the exuberant dancing of kah, our unity transcends our differences. Simchat Torah. Every Jew, learned and unsophisticated, feels a natural desire to take a Torah in his arms and dance. Simchat Torah taps a point in the soul that defies the differ- THE FOUR KINDS ences that exist between one Jew and another. The source for this happiness is of course the Torah. Yet All Four One and One for All throughout the entire Hakafot dances, the Torah is never Performed each day of Sukkot, except for Shabbat. opened; we dance holding it wrapped in its mantle. Though “G-d says, ‘Let them be bound together in one bond, and the Torah is usually associated with disciplined study, on these will atone for those.’” (Midrash) Simchat Torah we approach it differently, singing and dancing in a manner that bears no apparent relationship The unity of the Jewish people is expressed by blessing to understanding. the Four Kinds: We are lifted beyond the realm of our individual identi- The etrog (citron) has both a pleasant taste and smell, rep- ties and become the “feet of the Torah.” These celebrations resenting one who is both knowledgeable in Torah and reveal that our bond with G-d and the Torah is unconfined proficient in the observance of mitzvot. by the limits of intellect. The lulav is the branch of the date palm, whose fruit is Moreover, this celebration anticipates the ultimate celebra- tasty but has no scent, representing one who is accom- tions that will accompany the coming of Moshiach and the plished in Torah, though less so in mitzvot. advent of the Era of the Redemption. May we merit it now.

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Rosh YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI Hashanah THE SOUL ESSENCE AN ENDLESS JOY ATZERET/ CELEBRATING Yom Kippur has a special The spiritual light we achieve dur- SIMCHAT OUR POTENTIAL power, for “whether one ing the High Holidays through TORAH repents or does not repent, Rosh Hashanah celebrates prayer, meditation and fasting is SIMPLY DIVINE the creation of Adam and Yom Kippur atones.” To again achieved on Sukkot, but Eve. When Adam was cre- quote Maimonides, “The through joy. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur essence of the day atones.” ated, his soul so irradiated What we accomplish through and Sukkot are considered his being, that all the crea- The soul has many lev- our engagement with G-d’s els. Though it is a spiritual blowing the shofar is now accom- tures wanted to crown him plished by placing the s’chach Will. Shemini Atzeret and as their creator. Adam cor- entity, there is a level that Simchat Torah constitute our is affected by our physi- branches on the roof of our suk- rected them, saying, “Come, kah. (The word s’chach has the wedding, the time of “Intimacy let us worship, let us bow cal transgressions. For this with the Divine.” level of the soul, repentance numerical value of 100, equal- down and kneel before G-d ing the amount of sounds blown A wedding brings two people our Maker” (The Zohar). At is required to reattach it to G-dliness. from the shofar during Rosh together in happiness and that moment, he actualized Hashanah.) The seven days fulfillment. Simchat Torah the universe’s potential—to However, the essence of between Rosh Hashanah and means “the joy of the Torah,” become one with the Divine. the soul is literally one with Yom Kippur can elevate each day because we bring joy to the It is only through the cre- G-d and cannot be affect- of the coming year; the seven Torah when we bring her into ation of Adam (humanity) ed by our physicality. On days of Sukkot elevate the com- our lives. Our soul comes from that the separate elements Yom Kippur, G-d reveals ing year with joy and spirituality. the essence of the Divine; the of the universe can unite this essence that is hidden The cloud of incense offered in Torah is the manifestation of with one purpose. Only we throughout the year. the Holy Temple on Yom Kippur the Divine Will. It is only when have the power to elevate The Hebrew word kapparah is a manifestation of the “clouds the soul (clothed in a body) physicality into something has a connotation of “scrub- of glory” that protected the Jews adheres to the Torah, that the spiritual. When a ram’s horn bing”—meaning that on leaving Egypt; a physical sukkah Divine Will is actualized and is blown on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, we can scrub is the spiritual manifestation of fulfilled. these clouds. the animal kingdom is elevat- off our transgressions and When we dance with the ed. When we make a bless- connect with our essence. Joy is not logical; it is above Torah on Simchat Torah, G-d’s ing before eating an apple our comprehension. Our Sages essence and His Torah are dipped in honey, we elevate teach, “joy breaks all boundar- reunited, bringing purpose the organic kingdom. On this ies.” Through joy, Sukkot gives us and fulfillment to each other. day, we realize the potential the power to reach our spiritual and responsibility we have as potential, by breaking our intel- human beings. lectual boundaries.

Sometimes G-d does the strangest things. So you ask, Why? Why would You make this happen? We ask A Chassidic Tale this question even more intensely when G-d messes up our plans to do something good. // A disciple of Reb Illustration by Sarah Lehat David of Mikilev, we’ll call him Reb Yaakov, once made the journey to Koretz to spend Yom Kippur with the sleeping great tzadik Reb Pinchos of Koretz. Every Yom Kippur he reached higher and higher levels of concentration through and awareness, and he now planned to take it to the next level, by experiencing the holiest day of the year yom kippur in the presence of one of the holiest mystics of the generation. Throughout the journey he sang Chassidic melodies, studied, prayed meditated. He was ecstatic with anticipation. // He arrived in Koretz on Erev Yom Kippur and ate the traditionally large meal of the day. Afterward he felt sleepy and lied down for a short nap of sweet slumber. The effects of the journey and something he drank put him fast asleep. When he finally awoke, and went to the shul he could hear the congregation singing the tunes of the final prayer of the day, Neilah. Yom Kippur was over and he had slept through it. Good job. // He had traveled all this way, and now, not only did he not pray in the presence of the holy master, not only had he not prayed with the kabbalistic meditations of the Arizal—he had not even said the prayers in the simplest manner as performed by any simple Jew! He felt like a total and complete fool. // Well, there was still some of Yom of Kippur left, so he joined the congregation in their prayers. He prayed with heartfelt devotion, filled with remorse and contrition. His plaintive voice could be heard throughout the shul. And so he prayed till Yom Kippur was out. // After havdala, during the break-fast, Reb Pinchos asked about the man who been praying so loud and mournfully during Neilah. He explained: “Throughout Yom Kippur, a battle had been raging in heaven. The prosecuting angels insisted on a terrible decree against our people. As we prayed, the defense was bolstered, but all the way to the final moments, the prosecution was ahead. I tried everything—to no avail. And then I heard a plaintive voice in the back of the shul and when I looked to heaven I could see that the decree had been annulled, the prosecuting angel had finally been silenced. I would like to meet the master of that voice….” // So when G-d messes up your plans to do something good, perhaps He’s setting you up to do something better?

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