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anah is considered such an emer-
gency since humans are being
judged either for life or for death
and so the Ark is opened at special
prayers during the , high holiday
services. This is not done through
the year so as not to lessen the
effect on thise important occasions
when the Ark must be opened.
Furthermore, on Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur a Jew feels him-
self nearer to God because of his
special state of purity and peni-
tance. Thus the ark is especially
opened during this period to dem-
onstrate our closeness to Him at
this time, as well as to show how
dire and urgent are our circum-
stances during the period of judge-
ment. To demonstrate how awe-in-
spiring is the moment when the
Ark is opened, the congregation
must always rise when the Ark
is open. Since Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur are days when we
stand in the synagogue most of
the time. the Ark is especially
opened during that period.
Why is the shofar kept cov-
ered in the synagogue on Rosh
Hashanah when it is not held in
hand for blowing?
A number of reasons are offered
for this practice. It is contended

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man who is evil. Others, using a
used for any other- purpose on . similar vein of thought, say that
Rosh Hashanah except for blow- if the Almighty will find that we
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sing the prescribed notes, it is cov- have sinned, and who has not, let
Why do Jews greet each other
ered at all other times lest it be him at least judge us as fools who
on the first night of Rosh Hash-
handled and used for some pur- do not know better or who made
anah with the special greeting
pose extraneous to that for which foolish mistakes, rather than alert
"May you be inscribed and seated
it was intended. There are some individuals who wilfully wronged
immediately for a good year of
who see a mystical meaning be- God or man. This is in line with a
life?"
hind the covering of the shofar. Talmudic dictum that no man sins
This greeting is based upon the They claim that the ram. which unless a foolish notion had
Talmudic (Tractate Rosh Hash- was eventually substituted for entered his head. Others claim
anah) description of the three Isaac at the Sacrifice on Mount that honey is used because it re-
books that are opened on Rosh Moriah was kept hidden until the minds us of the bee who stings
Hashanah. In one, the righteous are special moment of its apparance. and yet gives sweet produce. We
immediately inscribed for lif-. In This was symbolic of the fact that thus pray that even if we shall be
one, the evil are immediately in- our Salvation is usually hidden and subject to the sting of fate for the
scribed for death. A third is kept unseen until the moment of saving coming year, at least let us have
open until Yom Kippur for what us comes to be. The shofar, which the sweet fruits of our labors to
are known as the "in between" is the symbol which reminds us make up for this sting which
humans. If by Yom Kippur they of that ram (since the shofar is a brings pain.
have repented, they are inscribed ram's horn), is likewise kept hid-
for life. If not, they are inscribed den until the moment of its use
for death. The Mishnah (Aboth for blowing the liturgical notes
Chapter 3) states that whosoever which ask fot our salvation before
is liked by people is liked by the the Almighty.
Almighty. Thus. every Jew wishes
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his neighbor that he be among the
Why do we dip our Hallah in.
righteous who are immediately in-
honey on Rosh Hashanah?
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scribed for life without even hav-
This seems to be an old practice
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ing to wait until Yom Kippur. This dating back at least to the Gaonic
also shows the confidence and period. Rabbi Natronai Gaon used
trust one Jew is supposed to have to drink liquids with honey on
in another. It is for this latter Rosh Hashanah and verbally ex-
reason that this greeting is not press the prayer and hope that
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said again after the first night of I "the coming year be sweet." The
Rosh Hashanah. Greeting one in i honey is thus an omen for a good
this fashion on the next morning. and pleasant year ahead. Others
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Thus I do not consider him among foods. And it is considered better
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the righteous who are "immediate- to be a fool who erred than a wise ,
ly" inscribed for life. and so I am
really insulting him by wishing
him so after the first night of Rosh
Greetings on the New Year
I Hashanah.
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