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Members of Michigan & National Pest Colitrol Assoc. TM of Dow AGRO Sciences ERADICO PEST CONTROL CALL TOLL FREE 9/10 1999 148 Detroit Jewish News 888-479-5900 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. It . Conversations Kol Am in West Bloomfield. ?::..NNOWAM:iMAKOW:: Migl§kimamMEMEIMS