[Avodah] A NICE HOLIDAY VORT

Chana Luntz chana at kolsassoon.org.uk
Wed Sep 23 01:44:39 PDT 2009


 
RRW wrote:

> 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'?

I clearly must be missing something.  Last I heard, writing was not included
in ochel nefesh, and prohibited on Yom Tov too, so this ought to be true
every year.

> ri
 
Gmar Tov

Chana




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