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Daily Chizuk #1456
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Dependency and Blessing: The Job of the Jew
A New Beginning
There are many lessons that our Rabbis learn from the case of the בן סורר ומורה-the rebellious wicked son, which apply to Rosh Hashanah.
One of them is that Hashem judges a person based on the direction that he's headed in more than on what he has done in the past year.
Another one is that the בן סורר ומורה can only be sentenced to his harsh punishment if he committed the crimes in the first three months since he turned thirteen. And that is precisely why the Torah deals with him so harshly. He just turned Bar Mitzvah. Here he is just starting a new beginning and the first things he does are totally against the Torah.
There is something special about a new beginning. We are supposed to feel like we have an opportunity to do everything right from the start.
These are the feelings we are supposed to have now with Rosh Hashanah upon us. Even if we haven't been the best we could be, now we have a new chance to do things right from the start.
One of the best places to begin with is right in our own homes. There is so much pain that people are experiencing all over the world. At least let us do what we can to make our homes places of happiness. We can resolve to give our spouses the attention and warmth that they need to be happy in marriage. We can go out of our way to be sweeter and more patient. A home with shalom bayit is a place where the Shechina dwells. Every little improvement goes a long way.
We can never know for sure, but we do know how valuable it is to perfect our middot and overcome our inclinations to get angry, especially when it comes to our spouses. May Hashem help us start off the new year the right way and help us become the people that we are capable of becoming.
Shanna Tova! Chatima Tova!!
There are many lessons that our Rabbis learn from the case of the בן סורר ומורה-the rebellious wicked son, which apply to Rosh Hashanah.
One of them is that Hashem judges a person based on the direction that he's headed in more than on what he has done in the past year.
Another one is that the בן סורר ומורה can only be sentenced to his harsh punishment if he committed the crimes in the first three months since he turned thirteen. And that is precisely why the Torah deals with him so harshly. He just turned Bar Mitzvah. Here he is just starting a new beginning and the first things he does are totally against the Torah.
There is something special about a new beginning. We are supposed to feel like we have an opportunity to do everything right from the start.
These are the feelings we are supposed to have now with Rosh Hashanah upon us. Even if we haven't been the best we could be, now we have a new chance to do things right from the start.
One of the best places to begin with is right in our own homes. There is so much pain that people are experiencing all over the world. At least let us do what we can to make our homes places of happiness. We can resolve to give our spouses the attention and warmth that they need to be happy in marriage. We can go out of our way to be sweeter and more patient. A home with shalom bayit is a place where the Shechina dwells. Every little improvement goes a long way.
We can never know for sure, but we do know how valuable it is to perfect our middot and overcome our inclinations to get angry, especially when it comes to our spouses. May Hashem help us start off the new year the right way and help us become the people that we are capable of becoming.
Shanna Tova! Chatima Tova!!
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