The Jewish New Year is the beginning of ten days that invite us to contemplate who we have...
David Scott blows the shofar, a ram’s horn that functions as a trumpet and calls Jewish people to worship for the new year at Congregation Beth Israel on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Scott is the director of lifelong learning and engagement at the synagogue and official shofar blower.Every New Year invites us to begin again. On the Jewish calendar, the Jewish New Year is the beginning of ten days that invite us to contemplate who we have been and who we are becoming.
In a world of brokenness and complexity, faith is not an elixir; it’s a covenant that provides hope while it obligates us to fulfill our moral responsibilities. Dr. Eugene Borowitz, a leading theologian in Reform Judaism, taught that, “When we seek God as partner in every significant act, we invest our doing and deciding with direction, hope, [and] worth; and, where we fail, we have the possibility for repair.
In a nation that celebrates many new years, we begin again with great expectations for a sweeter, happier, more peaceful year. How will we do it this time? The best answers come from the best questions.
The future we seek couldn’t be simpler than keeping our tongue from evil, departing from evil and doing good deeds. Simple as it seems, there’s plenty of evidence that it isn’t easy to do. Since time immemorial, people have looked around the world for the one needful thing that will them bring happiness. Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, taught that Judaism isn’t the pursuit of happiness; Judaism is the pursuit of meaning. That is, if we seek happiness, it might elude us; but if we seek meaning, we will never be in a moment without it. If we are mindful in times of joy and sorrow, we will always find meaning and understanding.
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