[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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