{"id":526,"date":"2014-04-17T00:47:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2014-04-17T00:47:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:47:59","slug":"rosh-hashannah-5767-2006","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=526","title":{"rendered":"Rosh HaShannah 5767 (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Drash for Rosh HaShannah 5767<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

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Job writes \u201cMan was born to toil\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Lubavitcher Rebbe responds \u201cBeing human means being \u00a0productive\u201d<\/p>\n

We are together as a group to find ways to increase the<\/p>\n

productivity of our Jewish lives as individuals. The three Ts for doing this are Teshuvah, Tefillah and Tzedaka.<\/p>\n

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Teshuvah means to return, not to repent for which there is a different word in Hebrew (charatah).<\/p>\n

We are to return and find the essence of goodness in<\/p>\n

Ourselves and in others \u2013 back to our roots in<\/p>\n

Godliness and discovering them as our true character.<\/p>\n

This is something we all can do, regardless of where we are on the Jewish path.<\/p>\n

Tefillah is often interpreted as prayer; in Hebrew there is a different word for prayer\u00a0 (bakasha)\u2013 meaning supplications or requests. Tefillah means to attach oneself\u00a0 – to reach towards an attachment to God. This is also something we all can do, regardless of\u00a0 where we are on the Jewish path.<\/p>\n

Tzedaka means righteousness or justice, not charity for which there is a different word in Hebrew (chesed). The Rebbe says Tzedaka \u201ctransforms matter into spirit; it turns a coin into fire\u201d and the Psalmist \u00a0\u201cHappy are they who give tzedaka at all times\u201d.\u00a0We give tzedaka as a duty to God and and as justice to\u00a0those who are in need.This is also something we can all do, regardless of Where we are on the\u00a0 Jewish path<\/p>\n

The productivity of our Jewish lives will make this a good and sweet year.<\/p>\n

So let us remember Teshuvah: Seeing goodness. Tefillah: Seeking attachment beyond \u00a0Ourselves and Tzedaka: Giving freely andgenerously<\/p>\n

Shana tova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Drash for Rosh HaShannah 5767 by Marc Mangel   Job writes \u201cMan was born to toil\u201d. The Lubavitcher Rebbe responds \u201cBeing human means being \u00a0productive\u201d We are together as a group to find ways to increase the productivity of our Jewish lives as individuals. The three Ts for doing this are Teshuvah, Tefillah and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions\/527"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}