“W ho apportions life for all those living.” (Tefillas Rosh Hashanah)
Why aren’t we scared of the judgment taking place on Rosh Hashanah?
The nature of a person is to see himself with the continuing status of life. Even in a bad situation he assumes he’ll come out fine because he’s within the category of those living. Logically he knows his life can be terminated at any moment. But he judges himself favorably and reassures himself that Hashem has mercy. So long as there’s no reason to change the status quo he’s confident that Hashem will help him. (Rav Tzvi Greenhouse)
I settled into my airplane seat on my way to a long-awaited vacation in the States. I was traveling blissfully unencumbered by my lively progeny and was even looking forward to the long lazy flight. The stewardess droned on about evacuation protocol while I closed my eyes and cleared my brain.
