How do we commemorate something we are still enduring? How do we memorialize a war we are still fighting? Hostages still missing, when none of us feel truly home?
This year, the heavens must be overflowing with prayers and tears. Is there even space left for more this Yom Kippur?
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At the end of Yom Kippur at the end of the fast, the Rebbe would stand on his chair, waving his arms with extraordinary energy, singing a triumphant song of victory. Because as Yom Kippur draws to a close and the gates of the palace seal, we are not left outside. We are locked inside with G-d, confident that we are sealed for a good year.
This year, even more so. This year, Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat. On Shabbat, writing is forbidden—except when it’s to save a life. G-d keeps His commandments, and so this year, we can be certain that it will be a year of life. (Thought from
Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, shared by Noah Pawlinger)
And yet, here we are. Ready to reconnect, to renew our vows to our Creator, our King, our Father. But dear G-d, there’s only room for promises of joy, of peace, of life.
In the merit of us showing up together, of reconnecting, and in the merit of millions of prayers, may you be sealed in the Book of Life!
Light Shabbat & holiday candles tonight at 6:50 PM in Dunwoody, GA.
Shabbat & fast ends at 7:43 PM in Dunwoody, GA
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