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To the Packet:
Today marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days with Selichot, literally meaning "I am sorry." The Holy Days continue with Rosh Hashanah from Sept. 22-24 and end Oct. 2 with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
While many call this the "Jewish" New Year, the "Jewish" New Year actually is on Passover on the first month of the Jewish calendar, Nissan. The seventh month, Tishrei, is when Rosh Hashanah is held.
Rosh Hashanah is the "Head of the Year" for all people. It celebrates the beginning of the world and the birth of Adam and Eve. The Talmud teaches us that we are to behave as if we all had one human set of parents, and that we are indeed all brothers and sisters, with one heavenly father.
The Talmud also teaches that if we still are holding a grudge or haven't made amends, which we are to take care of daily, we should do so, with God's aid, by Yom Kippur. The best way to please God is to be of maximum service to our fellows, his children. The Talmud teaches that anyone who says they love God, whom they cannot see, but hates or holds a grudge to man, who is the image of God and whom they can see, is someone who does not truly believe in God and needs to repent. The rabbis knew that those who hold grudges, an acid eating away at the container, or owed amends harmed themselves.
Arthur Segal
Hilton Head Island
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