CHANNELING BLESSINGS INTO 5767
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ROSH HASHANA 5767 YERUSHALAYIM IH’K
Ki Chok Hu L’Yisrael, Mishpat L’Eylokey Yaakov (Tehillim 81:5)
Indeed it is a law for the Jewish People, a (day of) judgment for the God of Yaakov.
Rosh Hashana is a time for much inner work. Bechasdei Hashem, we Jews are blessed with the teachings and examples of our great teachers and masters to guide us through the labyrinth of Tishrei.
One of the greatest attorneys our Nation has is Rebbe Levi Yitzchak Ben Sara Sasha of Berdichev. He is a legendary fighter for Jewish continuity and success, both during his life, and certainly after his entrance into the world of souls. As our sages teach, a Tzaddik is more powerful after the death of his body than when the soul was in the body.
Reb Levi Yitzchak teaches a short but powerful teaching on the above Passuk.
The rule is that The Holy One, Blessed is He, pours blessing and favorable bounty onto Yisrael. Then, Yisrael takes the raw energy of that blessing and focuses it, each Jew according to his or her desire, be it to life, to peace etc. This is the meaning of Ki Chok Hu, since the word Chok, which is generally interpreted to mean a law in Torah whose total meaning is above human understanding, also means to constrict or to define
This Passuk, which we say in the Shmoneh Esray of Mussaf on Rosh Hashana, opens a door into our own power on this very powerful day. Read more
