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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have all recently (and hopefully) done a "cheshbon
hanefesh." We are taught by the sages that every person must
regularly do a "cheshbon hanefesh" — a spiritual
accounting.</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On April 15<sup>th</sup> we have an accounting to do for the
IRS but cheshbon hanefesh is a much more difficult and involved spiritual accounting.
It means taking a hard inventory on our behavior and life. We will
all be eventually audited by the I.R.S.O. ("</span></font><b><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>I</span></font></u></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>nfinite </span></font><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>R</span></font></u></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ibono </span></font><b><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>hel </span></font><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>O</span></font></u></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>lam). This
idea of monitoring our actions is built into the Jewish calendar as well.
The <u>final</u> day of any time period is an ideal time to review our progress
or lack thereof. The <u>final</u> month of the Jewish year, Elul, is a time
when we analyze our previous year's actions and deportment, as well
as the end of each day and the end of the week (before the start of each Shabbos).</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Similarly, the <u>final</u> day of each Hebrew month is
called </span></font><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Yom Kippur Katan</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
in which we are enjoined to review the month's activities. It is
called </span></font><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Yom Kippur <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>katan</span></b></span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (the "small Yom Kippur")
because it involves the activities of just the previous month — and
not year. Its relation to the holy day of Yom Kippur is that on Yom
Kippur we review and make amends for the entire year just passed;
but the functions of both are basically the same.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tomorrow evening begins Rosh Chodesh, so happy “cheshbon
hanefesh”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>ri</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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