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...thought about politics came to me during Rosh HaShanah services this weekend...
...face of it, Rosh HaShanah should be a joyous time for Jews. It represents the beginning of a new year, one full of possibilities that will hopefully enrich and fulfill each of us and the human community of which we are a part. But there is a disconcerting aspect of this high holiday for the modern mind...
...told in the most solemn moment of the service, the "Unetaneh Tokef," that Rosh HaShanah begins a period of divine judgment in which each man, woman and child passes in spirit before the heavenly throne to receive his or her fate. Rosh HaShanah is, then, an awesome moment of the year in the truest sense of the term--one that ought to summon feelings of humility before one's maker...
...time to begin. With another summer unfortunately cut short by Harvard registration, upperclass students return to another year of sports, extracurriculars and, of course, classes. The start of the academic year also coincides with Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, which begins tonight. Rosh HaShanah ushers in a period of Jewish holidays whose predominant theme is that of introspection and repentance. The holiday is an appropriate match for shopping period in that sense: "What sort of person am I?" and "What could I have done better?" become "What sort of Harvard student am I?" and "What more could I have...
...president, John F. Kennedy '40 said, "All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin." As Rosh HaShanah 5757 approaches, let us focus not on what we're accomplishing, but on what we're beginning. I wish you all a happy and a healthy New Year...