Our High Holidays are over; War is still going on.
The Holidays have made me a bit reflective. Here it is:
'We come into this world alone and depart from it alone, although on both occasions, birth and death, there are people around us.
During our lifetime, we ignore this 'alone' thing, by making friends and starting families. In addition, we have holidays that celebrate Life in all its aspects, with good food and especially with warm human gatherings.
Our most important jewish Day, though, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is not a celebration . This is a solemn day which allows us, through fasting and praying, to repent for our sins and ask forgiveness. As a result, we might get a good new year, and with every new good year our soul's journey: birth - life- death, becomes a meaningful one, not just something 'gone with the wind'.
We all go through the same process and journey regardless of our achievements or failures . This should make us more modest and kind to each other. Unfortunately, it does not. 'Conflict' is the name of the game. 'Wickedness' gets to be discovered even among our best friends and closest relatives, causing us great distress.
In our prayers, we ask and hope for our soul to go to Heaven when life ends; our body gets burried, upon our death, into the earth, like all other animals.
Life is everything; we should value and cherish it. We should not take it for granted. Belief in God helps us be good, behave better, save life.
