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Torah Portion
The Impact Of Prayer
On The New Year
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Ten Days of Repentance remind us how
often the unexpected intrudes in life.
They remind us of.our fears and doubts,
of our mistakes and needs. We recognize
that behind life's pleasures and successes
there are mortality, disease and helpless-
ness. We really are not masters of our
own fate. Littleton, Colo., and Granada
osh HaShana is upon us, a
Hills, Calif, have, in this past year,
new year.
taught us that reality.
During the next 10 days
Our prayers at this season are more
(the Days of Awe), we will
than petitions. We pray in need but we
gather together in our homes, temples
don't pray for miracles. We pray for
and synagogues to re-establish ourselves
strength, support and encouragement;
as the Jewish people. Our hearts will be
and we often feel rewarded by
frill, our minds will be inspired
such prayer. Prayer inspires
and our souls will be renewed
us, gives us a sense of awe and
as we seek repentance.
wonder.
Besides seeing old friends
"We proclaim the sacred
and acknowledging that time
power of this day, for it is
continues to pass too quickly,
awesome and full of dread."
besides looking for answers
Prayer reminds us of our
and reassurances that life is
sacred calling to serve (the
still worthwhile, it all comes
word avoda is also translated
down to the simple fact that
as service) our families, com-
as we begin the new year, we
munity and world. Prayer
RAB B I
come together to pray.
educates us in the way we
NO RIvIAN T.
According to Shimon
should go and the faith in
RO MAN
HaTzadik in the Mishnah,
which we should believe.
Specia 1 to the
avoda, worship, is one of the
Prayer, especially on Rosh
Jewish News
three disciplines at the heart of
HaShana, seeks to challenge
Jewish life (the others being
us to be ever hopeful. It
Torah and acts of loving-kindness). The
teaches us never, never to despair.
Hebrew word traditionally referred to
We return to our synagogues and
the sacrifices commanded in the
temples on Rosh HaShana in such great
Israelites' wilderness experience and the
numbers, I believe, because we are
offerings brought by our ancestors to the
acknowledging our desire to find suste-
Temple lo Jerusalem. These acts symbol-
nance and comfort in prayer.
ized our people's love for God, loyalty to
We pray in such great numbers on
their faith, gratitude for God's bounty
Rosh HaShana, I believe, hoping for
and hope for God's sustaining support.
inspiration and promising to be better
We have transformed sacrifices into
husbands and wives, parents, children
prayer. Our prayers verbally and silently
and friends during the new year.
express our love, hope and loyalty.
We pray in such great numbers on
Avoda, we suggest, is the means through
Rosh HaShana, I believe, truly knowing
which God encourages us to continue
that the divine voice calls each and every
the personal and communal struggle for
one of us to do good. In the new year of
a better life. Praying as a community (on
5760, may we live lives of avoda — of
Rosh HaShana, as a very large commu-
service and prayer. And may we, Israel
nity) enables us to reconnect with this
and all the world be blessed and
fundamental aspect of our Jewishness.
inscribed with a year of sweetness, good
Familiar words, melodies and memo-
health, happiness and peace. E
ries inspire us to feel Jewish again. Many
describe it as spirituality, for too many
of us suffer from a daily spiritual numb-
ness, combined with a supreme sense of
self-assuredness. Our technology has led
Which Rosh HaShana prayers
us to feel that there is no world we can-
(words and/or melodies) remind
not conquer and no problem we are
you of people or places to which
unable to solve. To pray would be an
you feel a special connection? If
admission of weakness, would it not?
you could put words to the sho-
We are in control of our own destinies,
far's call, what would it be saying?
are we not?
Is there a moment from your past
Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and the
year's experience in which you felt
God's presence?
Norman T. Roman is rabbi of Temple
Shabbat Rosh HaShana:
Genesis 21:1-34;
Numbers 29:1-6;
I Samuel 1:1-2:10.
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