Yom HaDin the Day of Judgment. The day when every word and deed is scrutinized and judged by the King of Kings.
We would expect the tefillos of Rosh HaShanah to be replete with sincere expressions of teshuvah and entreaties for forgiveness. But surprisingly there’s no mention of teshuvah in the machzor no heartfelt pleas for Hashem’s mercy. Instead our tefillos are devoted to repeatedly proclaiming Hashem as our King. Why?
The answer became clear to me following a severe wind and rain storm inMinneapolisa few weeks ago. Although the storm lasted only 30 minutes there was incredible damage. Streets were flooded power lines were down and homes were split open by falling trees. When I ventured outside I saw that massive trees had been completely uprooted by the winds.
Had someone set out to cut the trees down branch by branch he would have had to expend immense amounts of time and energy to do so. Yet with the wind striking at the roots the trees — massive as they were — fell on their own.
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