Sunday, October 12, 2008

Our Aim By Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

Suddenly, a blood-curdling cry tore through the forest, and the hunter saw a lion crashing through the trees directly ahead of him. Realizing that his very life depended on his accuracy in hitting the target with only one attempt, he slowly positioned his last arrow in the bow and carefully aimed his weapon.

Forty days of rachamim and selichos have passed. As we get to tefillas Ne’ilah on the holy day of Yom Kippur, those special days set aside for our teshuvah are coming to a close. We have expended all our arrows being mispallel to Hashem and supplicating Him, however we are not certain about the measure of our success. The sifrei chaim and the sifrei meisim are both open, and our lives depend on the precision of our avodah of Ne’ilah. That is the last arrow remaining in our stockpile and every member of Klal Yisroel wants to guarantee that his tefillos prevail.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

THIS IS SO TRUTH, THANK YOU RABBI

Anonymous said...

Your messages are always so good. Thank You Rabbi !