[Avodah] A NICE HOLIDAY VORT

[Cantor Wolberg]

On a Rosh Hashanah which fell on Shabbat, R' Levi Yitzchak rose and  
said, "Lord of the
Universe, today You judge each person for the coming year, and grant  
him life or condemn him to
death. But, on this Rosh Hashanah You are forced by Your own Torah to  
write that You grant Your entire
people a good life in the coming year. After all, on Shabbat You have  
decreed that one cannot write. How
then, can You fulfill 'On Rosh Hashanah it is written down'?

There is no way You can inscribe anyone in the Book of Death, because  
writing is forbidden on
Shabbat. On the other hand, You may certainly inscribe us in the Book  
of Life, for when there is piku'ah nefesh,
the prohibition against writing on Shabbat falls aside."

(A Touch of Wisdom, A Touch of Wit)
RABBI SHMUEL CHOUEKA

May you all be inscribed B'Sefer Hachayim combined with continued  
learning and the ability to disagree without
being disagreeable and extending compassion to all the arba minim.
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