Days of Awe

For John, BLUF:  At Sundown today begins "'Yomim Noraim' (Days of Awe), a ten-day period that is book-ended by the High Holidays of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur."  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Rosh HaShanah Is The Anti-Socialism Jewish Holiday

From The Lid, by Mr Jeff Dunetz, 5 Sep 2021.

Here is the lede plus three:

With the setting of the sun on Monday, Jews across the world will begin the observance of the “Yomim Noraim “(Days of Awe), a ten-day period that is book-ended by the High Holidays of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.  This year, the High Holidays come at a key time for America as the leftist-dominated Democratic Party continues to push America away from personal responsibility and toward reliance on government and, even worse, socialism.

The High Holiday period is all about personal responsibility.  All the prayers and readings are just tools to help us look inward, formulate a personal accounting of our deeds over the past year, good and bad–all to understand what we have learned and still need to need to learn and correct.

Even the steps needed for an individual to atoning for sins go against progressive/socialist values.

Jews are taught that our Maker is not like a big massive government that will fix everything for us.  For earthly-type mistakes, we must first approach the people we harmed to request forgiveness and, if necessary, make restitution to them.  Then we must discover what led us to behave that way and correct the flaw catalyzing such behavior.  Only after those steps can we approach God for absolution.  It’s not that God cannot fix everything, but his direct involvement would destroy the delicate balance set up during creation.  In other words, the universe works best with limited government.

There is a lot of wisdom here.  As a Christian I look back on the Old Testament as a long introduction to the New, worthy of close study.  Just as I find this article of value.

As the Writer say, "May you have a happy, healthy, and sweet new year".

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff