“Unesaneh tokef, let us proclaim the power of this day’s holiness…” Three women describe having their lives overturned, facing their deepest fears — and finding Hashem beside them.
“After I personally learned what it’s like to stand before a judge Elul took on a different meaning. I saw that you can’t rely on status that even being a member of Knesset or minister doesn’t mean much. The insignificance of man took on new meaning. I understood that one can’t rely on his deeds even good deeds when approaching a trial but only on the kindness of Hashem undeserved kindness”
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“Man comes from dust and his end will be in dust… like a shard of pottery dry grass a withering blossom a passing shadow…”
“Once before my world was turned upside down I tried to be a good Jew and feel the fear of judgment during the Yamim Noraim ” says Chani Weinroth. “I tried to understand that at any moment something could happen and change my life irrevocably. But I wasn’t so successful. Reality was too good to be able to imagine something black and terminal.”
But then Chani was diagnosed with cancer. The young mother underwent treatment and thankfully went into remission. Slowly her world began to right itself and life returned to its routine. Chani was busy caring for her children and studying for her master’s in psychology. While she still needed routine follow-up testing she was confident that the days of illness were behind her.
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