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The reason the Viduy is organized in alphabetical order (Ashamnu, Bagadnu, Gazalnu…) is because our aveiros tainted all the letters of the alef beis, which are the letters of Creation. 

We correct them with Viduy.

~ Reishis Chachma

When you ask for forgiveness, Hashem forgives you right away.  You don’t have to wait a week or a month…

You ask Hashem for forgiveness and Hashem forgives.  It is as simple as that.

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

Teshuvah must be performed with joy. One must have bitachon that Hashem won’t abandon His nation.  

We don’t say tachanun on erev Rosh Hashanah, maybe to hint to us that we don’t need to fall on our faces.  Rather, we should stand before Hashem with love and joy!

~ The Avodas Yisrael

Our sages teach: “Tzedakah saves from death.” (Mishlei 10:2).

But more than that, it brings blessing, mercy, and protection for the entire year ahead. The Rambam writes that no mitzvah is as universally powerful in protecting a person as tzedakah.

As we approach Rosh Hashanah, now is the moment to ensure that not a single day of the year passes without this great mitzvah in your merit.

Two wonderful opportunities make this easy:

Daily Giving – https://dailygiving.org/
Sign up to give $1 a day, automatically supporting over 75 outstanding Jewish charities. A simple way to transform your entire year.

Keren Hashana – https://www.lubavitch.com/donate/keren-hashana/
Established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, this fund distributes your tzedakah daily on your behalf. You can give as little as 5 cents a day ($17.70 for the year) for yourself and each family member, ensuring that every single day of the year, you and your loved ones are giving.

Don’t delay!  Set this up today so that by the time Rosh Hashanah arrives, your year is already filled with the mitzvah of tzedakah.And remember: “Causing others to give tzedakah is greater than giving it yourself” (Bava Basra 9). Please forward this to friends and family.  Who knows how many people will sign up for this great mitzvah and how much of an effect it will have on your neshama going into Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

The definition of Yiras Shamayim in our generation is to believe that whatever happens to us throughout the year was decreed on Rosh Hashanah.  

~ The Steipler Gaon in the name of the Chazon Ish

Why do we eat honey on Rosh Hashanah? 

Because sweet honey comes from bees that sting and cause pain. So too, on Rosh Hashanah, we pray that all past hardships be transformed into sweetness.

~ The Avnei Nezer

Teshuva is not only for sins. Even mitzvos need teshuva, for what we could have done with more purity, more passion, more love for Hashem.

~ The Chofetz Chaim zt”l

When the poor go around the beis midrash, they don’t expect to receive too much money, and that’s the reason they don’t get it.

When the poor man goes to their homes, he expects to receive more, and that’s the reason he receives more.

~ R’ Tzaddok Hakohen zt”l

Teshuva means making today better than yesterday, and this year greater than last. 

Teshuva is a lifelong journey of growth.

~ R’ Dov Horowitz

If people could truly taste its sweetness and delight, they would chase after it with passion and longing, as if out of their minds.

All the gold and silver in the world would pale in comparison, for the Torah encompasses all the goodness of creation.

~ Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh on Parshat Ki Tavo 26:11, Ve’samachta be’chol ha’tov

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