As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Preparing For Yom Hadeen/Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana is the Yom Hadeen, a day of danger, of great peril. One more Mitzvah or one less sin could tip the scales in our favor. If you are a ‘benoni’, if your mitzvoth and sins balance each other, then Hashem allows you to wait until Yom Kippur before your judgment is sealed. In that case, whatever remains to be done, you do on Yom Kippur. But in most cases the very greatest effort should be on Rosh Hashana. That is the day when we hope to be written and sealed immediately for a successful year. If that is the day for doing Teshuba, repentance, why shouldn’t we say ‘al chet’, and mention our sins, all day long?
It is more fundamental to understand the great principles included in the words ‘Hashem Melech’- The Dominion of Hashem! Not only when you sit and say it in the siddur, but even when you walk in the street, you must think ‘Hashem Melech’, Hashem is King. Practice up on it during weekdays. Every day for a minute or two, as you walk in the street, think ‘Hashem Melech’; Hashem is in charge of the World; He is looking at me every second; He is thinking of me. Then Hashem says: You are fulfilling the purpose of Rosh Hashana, and when Rosh Hashana comes and we shout Hashem Melech, it brings forth that potential greatness that we stored up in our minds all year. It bursts forth from our lungs: “Hashem Melech, Hashem Malach, Hashem Yimloch L’Olam Va’ed” Long before Rosh Hashana we have to work on this great concept and to realize that Hashem is Watching us, to know that the whole world is filled with His Glory.
That is our great preparation for the Yom Hadeen.
Quoted from “Rabbi Avigdor Miller Speaks” ArtScroll
“Step 1 to Teshuvah-realizing how much Hashem has done for you”
Shabbat Shalom
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