Article: Reflections on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

DAVID HARTMAN
Jerusalem Post
10-08-2008
Headline: Reflections on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Byline: DAVID HARTMAN
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 13

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 -- The themes of death and the "thinness" of human existence recur in the liturgy of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and during the entire period beginning with the month of Elul. This is not because of a morbid desire to undermine human confidence and autonomy or to shock us into fearing God out of a sense of helplessness and sin. The existential themes of the High Holy Days are meant to create a sensitivity and appreciation of the precious significance of everyday existence.

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