New Year Means A New Beginning
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Jews believe in the effi-
cacy of prayer. When we
communicate our wishes to
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our Creator, we are re-
minded to examine our de-
sires; whether or not they
contain anything unholy,
unjust or ignoble. Our
prayers purify, refine and
ennoble our hearts. Perhaps
that is why we have been
endowed with a natural im-
pulse to pray, even though
the ulterior motive may be
in the hope of fulfilling cer-
tain wishes.
Every such fulfillment
"implies a kind of miracle,
something that we wouldn't
expect in the normal course
of events: We pray for those
things which we believe to
be dependent on God's will.
There are those who
think it incompatible with
the notion of God that He
should be moved by our
prayers to do something
which He otherwise would
not have done. Others be-
lieve that the laws of nature
are so fixed and permanent
that they never change
under any circumstances.
Yet the pious Jew
thanks God daily "for His
miracles which on our
behalf He performs every
day, and for His wonders
and kindness shown at
all times."
Each Rosh Hashana in
the Musaf service, we re-
peat the words: "Repen-
tance, prayer and good
deeds remove the evil of the-
divine decree." Whatever a
man has forfeited by evil
deeds, he may recover by
prayer and improved con-
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a whole year is determined
in advance, on the Holy
Days of Rosh Hashana and
Yom Kippur what is the
good of praying for help in
times of trouble? The an-
swer is that it is always in
God's power to accede to our
petitions and fulfill our
wishes. ,
Abraham was, by biblical
account, the first to utter a
prayer. It was a true prayer,
not for hirhself but for his
fellow man. From Abraham
onwards, prayer remained
the Jew's chief refuge in
danger and the best solace
in trouble.
Although we believe in
the efficacy of prayer, we
know that God does not
grant every petition, nor
should we' expect it.
Sometimes the denial is
also for our own good.
The Mishna (Aboth ii:13)
teaches: "Do not make
thy prayer a fixed claim
or demand which must be
fulfilled, but a supplica-
tion for mercy ..."
On Rosh Hashana we be-
lieve that God examines the •
scrolls on which are re-
corded our every deed dur-
ing the past year. It is de-
cided who will live, who will
die; who will be rich, who
will be poor; who will rise in
the world and who will be
brought low; who will live in
peace and who will survive
in misery. But the decree is
not final.
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We have 10 days in which
to search our souls, repent of
wrong done and do good
deeds to alter the balance
before the scrolls of fate are
rolled shut.
In Israel, the New Year is
celebrated much as Jews do
everywhere. We draw to-
gether as families; attend
synagogues; eat apples di-
pped in honey for a sweet
New Year. Services are ar-
ranged for our soldiers no
matter where they are serv-
ing, and shofars are distrib-
uted to every army base.
Rosh Hashana has
nevertheless special sig-
nificance in Israel. In
addition to God's protec-
tion promised to us at Mt.
Sinai if we accepted His
laws, we are living in our
own land, given to us as a
birthright. We are all one
people, and when we
wish each other "a happy
New Year" — the bus-
driver, the bank teller,
the lady in the grocery —
it is with the knowledge
of a shared destiny.
To the traditional greet-
ing of "May you be inscribed
for a good year," the Israeli
adds: "may it be a year of
peace."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 2, 1983 3
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south Lebanon was
wounded during a riot
among the Arab prisoner-
detainees. Four of the in-
mates were wounded by
shots fired by the guards to
quell the disturbance.
The army spokesman said
that an inmate was caught
while trying to escape, and
fellow inmates stoned the
guards, hitting one of them
in the head. The guards
were ordered to fire warn-
ing shots.
Relocation of the camp
structures, with tents and
huts being put on tarmac
and cement bases to prevent
the digging of escape tun-
nels, is nearly completed,
army sources said. During
the relocation process,
numerous tunnels were
fund, some of them near
completion to areas outside
the camp perimeter.
In other developments,
a French soldier serving
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peacekeeping force in
Beirut was killed and two
other French soldiers
were wounded Tuesday
morning when a French
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gunfire in an ambush.
Two American marines
were killed and eight
wounded, and an Italian
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