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Heeding The Message
Of The Shofar

of repentance requires a person to
reach into his inner soul and look at
himself, and his true identity and his
they religions and cultures
real personality. One must tear
begin their new year with
away all the false layers that one
celebrations and parties;
adopts in everyday existence, and
the Jewish year begins with prayer
approach God from the inner
and introspection.
recesses of the soul. By
The 10-day period
doing this, a person is
between Rosh HaShana
able to reflect on his
and Yom Kippur is
actions, repent and
known as Aseret Y'mei
begin the year anew.
Teshuva, the 10 Days of
It is very hard in our
Repentance. This period
society, where outward
allows us to look inward
appearances are so
at our actions and how
important, to look deep
they affect others. It is a
into our inner souls. It is
time for us to reassess our
very hard in an era of
Judah Isaacs
behavior and make the
materialism to be spiritu
necessary changes to be
al and to find the beau-
better people. We are obligated to
ty of our religion. The sound of the
seek forgiveness from anyone we
shofar is our wake-up call to rethink
have harmed during the year. This
our lives and uncover our true per-
reflective period culminates on Yom
sonality that is hidden in the recess-
Kippur, the holiest day of the year,
es of our soul.
when we refrain from physical plea-
This year, from Sept. 1 1 to Sept.
sure, and ask God to forgive us for
20, we have a unique opportunity
our sins.
to take this 10-day period as a time
The Torah describes Rosh
for self-reflection and repentance.
HaShana as Yom Terua, the day of
We should be asking ourselves the
the shofar. The shofar is the instru-
following questions:
ment that begins this period of
How can I permeate the inner
reflection. Rabbi Soloveitchik, of
recesses of my soul to bring the
blessed memory, explained that the
beauty and joys of Judaism into our
shofar was chosen because the
lives? How can I bring the Jewish
sound of the shofar is able to per-
value of tikun olam — repairing,
meate the inner soul of the human
reshaping and renewing the world
being. Too often, people wish to be
— into my day-to-day life? How
somebody other than themselves.
can I enhance my family's Jewish
They often want to become the per-
life? How am I continuing my spiri-
son who others regard with esteem
tual journey? Do I study at least
' ing with their own
instead of identi -y
once a week? Do I attend syna-
unique personality and the inner
gogue/temple services regularly?
: recesses of their soul. The process
If we look deep into the inner
recesses of our soul, those questions
Judah Isaacs is executive director of will all surface. But our first chal-
lenge is to let the sound of the sho-
the Agency for Jewish Education of
far permeate our souls. 0
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