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Shadow and Reality
By RABBI EMANUEL FELDMAN
Congregation Beth Jacob
ATLANTA, GA.
The central portion of the
Rosh Hashonah service, as
well as the climactic peak of
Yom Kippur day, occurs
during the solemn ceremony
of sounding the Shofar. It is
at this moment that every
one, from the youngest child
to the oldest sage in the syna
gogue, stands in rapt atten
tion and awed silence. The
blasts of the Shofar fill every
corner of the Synagogue with
sound. They penetrate every
heart. They restore the soul.
And instinctively we feel the
truth that the Shofar, with its
odd shape and sound, contains
within it the very funda
mentals of Judaism.
What does the Shofar say
to us? The answer has been
given to us in the eloquent
words of Maimonides:
“Awake, ye sleepers, from
your sleep, and ye who are in
a trance, rouse yourselves.
Consider your actions and
turn back in repentance. Re
member your creator! Be not
as those who forget reality in
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their hunt after shadows, and
waste their whole lives in
empty things which can
neither help nor deliver. Look
to your souls and improve
your ways and deeds. Let
each one forsake his evil
ways and thoughts which are
not good.”
“Be not as those who for
get reality in their hunt af
ter shadows.” What are sha
dows, and what are realities?
When we chase prestige,
honor, wealth, security, suc
cess, are we not chasing
shadows? When we desire
nothing but new cars, new
bank accounts, new holdings,
new possessions, new things,
are we not desiring shadows?
And, conversely, when we ad
here to Mitzvos, to observ
ances, to learning and study,
to love of Torah, to prayer,
are we not adhering to ulti
mate realities?
Each man knows the ans
wer. Each man knows what
is good and what is evil, what
is shadow and what reality.
But we know it only in the
abstract. And in that delicate
transition from the abstract
to the concrete, in that thin
razor’s edge between theory
and practice, in that fine line
between thinking and doing,
most humans fall by the way-
side and are found wanting.
This precisely is the import
ance of these Days of Awe.
These days, with their Sho
far sound, are designed to
blast us out of our year-long
lethargy, to awaken us from
our trance, to enable us to
see matters in their proper
focus, and to apply the truths
we all know—in theory — to
dailyvpractice.
May it be G-d’s will that
the coming year be a year of
peace and good health for you
and your loved ones. May He
grant us all a new perspec
tive on life, so that we may
live more fruitfully as Jews
for the entire year—by dis
tinguishing reality from sha
dow.
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