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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Nitzavim 5785

Выпуск: Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Nitzavim 5785. Темы: не определены автоматически. The shofar is so important to the essence of Rosh Hashana that the pasuk tells us: And in the seventh month, on the rst of the month, a calling of holiness it shall be for you, all work of labor you shall not do, ‫ יֹ֥ום ּתְרּועָ֖ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם‬- a day of the teruah blast it shall be for you (Bamidbar 29:1). In regard to the mitzvah of shofar, Rambam states: ‫ עּורּו יְׁשֵנִים מִּׁשְנַתְכֶם וְנְִרּדָמִים‬:‫ ּכְלֹומַר‬,‫ ֶרמֶז יֵׁש ּבֹו‬,‫אַף עַל ּפִי ׁשֶּתְִקיעַת ׁשֹופָר ּבְֹראׁש הַּׁשָנָה ּגְזֵַרת הַּכָתּוב‬ ‫הִָקיצּו מִּתְַרּדֵמַתְכֶם וְחַּפְׂשּו ּבְמַעֲׂשֵיכֶם וְחִזְרּו בִתְׁשּובָה וְזִכְרּו בֹוַראֲכֶם‬ “Even though the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashana is a decree of the Torah, nevertheless, there is an allusion in it. For the voice of God is heard — not in a great, strong wind that splits mountains and shatters rock, and not in an earthquake that shakes the earth, and not in a blazing re, rather — in the still small sound, ‫( בקול דממה דקה‬The phrase is part of the U’nesaneh Tokef prayer - cf. A Short Vort - Rosh Hashana 5786 (9.25) BS”D Rosh Hashana and the beginning of the year brings: Celebration — we were blessed with life the past year, and for this we celebrate and give thanks; Hope — we hope and trust that Hashem will accept our te llos, and the new year will be one of blessing and redemption for our nation and land; Awe — we feel trepidation and reverence as we stand before the King on Coronation Day, and we recognize that our lives depend upon Him; Repentance — we cherish the opportunity to repent and return in purity and wholeness to Hashem, Who awaits our teshuva and takes us back with love; Strengthening — we feel strengthened as we stand on the cusp of a new year, looking ahead with resolve and determination, accepting the challenge to make the coming year one of productivity and success in avodas Hashem; Silence — we bow our heads, standing silently, as the blast of the shofar pierces our minds, hearts and neshamos, its powerful call stirring feelings deep within us, as we yearn for closeness with our Father in heaven. While mitzvos such as eating matzoh on Pesach do not contain any subjective component and demand no reaction to the signi cance of the physical act, the Rambam emphasizes here that aside from the auditory experience of hea

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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes

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