9.19.26 – 3 Words to Focus On, Part 1
Malchuyot (The King), Zichronot (Remember), Shofarot (Shofar)! The High Holy Days are here (Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles). It is an exciting time, but many do not know much about them. Yom Teruah (the Day of Trumpets) is also known as the Day of Judgment. Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is also known as the Day of Repentance and the Day of Coverings. Chag Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) celebrates a wedding and much more. And though Trumpets is officially over, let us focus again on Trumpets to carry us to our covering and wedding feast! If we read through medieval poetry, we hear about angels trembling, God sifting through all of our deeds from the past year, and inscribing us in one of two books. Scary times! Trumpets, culminating on the Day of Atonement, is a Yom HaDin (Day of Judgment)—but where does that idea come from? Scripture does not come right out and say it, so why is it called Yom HaDin ? Is it j...