קדושין 40 a-b Our Rabbis taught: “A person should always think of oneself as though one was half guilty and half good.”

“Rabbi Eleazar son of Rabbi Simeon said: “Because the world is judged by its majority, an individual too is judged by majority of one’s deeds, good or bad.”

“If a person performs one good deed, the person is happy for weighing down in the scale of merit. If one commits one sin, the person is sad for weighing down in the scale of guilt.”

If a person performs one good deed, one turns the scale for both oneself and the world. If a person performs one sin, one turns the scale for both oneself and the world.

“Even if a person is perfectly righteous one’s whole life but rebels at the end, one destroys one’s former good deeds.” “Even if a person is completely wicked one’s whole life but repents at the end, one is not criticized for wickedness.” Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai said,

VOCABULARY רֹאֹש הַֹשַנָה יוֹם הַדִין סֵפֶר הַחֲיִים תְֹשוּבָה גְמוֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיךְ יַמִים נוֹרָאִים עֲשֶֹרֶת יְמֵי תְֹשוּבָה חֶֹשְבּוֹן הַנֶפֶֹש אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ מַחֲזוֹר Head of the Year Day of Judgment Book of Life Full Return / Repentance Service when you throw bread crumbs Days of Awe (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) 10 Days of Repentance Soul Searching Our Father our King High Holy Day Prayerbook

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ

חָנֵינוּ וְעֲנֵנוּ כִּי אֵין בָּנוּ מַעֲשִֹים עֲשֵֹה עִמָנוּ צְדָקָה וָחֶסֶד וְהוֹשִיעֵנוּ

Our Father our King Be merciful and answer us Because we have no merit Do for us Justice, and kindness, and save us

זָכְרֵינוּ לְחַיִים מֶלֶךְ חָפֵץ בְּחַיִים וּכָתְבֵינוּ בְּסֵפֶר הַחַיִים לְמַעַנְךָ ה" חַיִים.

Remember us for life King Who delights in life And write us in the Book of Life For Your sake, the God of life.

מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמִים זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִים בְּרַחֲמִים.

Who is like You Father of mercy? Remember your creations For life, in mercy.

HOLIDAY GREETINGS רֹאֹש הַֹשַנָה שָׁנָה טוֹבָה שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה תִּכְתְּבוּ A Good New Year A Good and Sweet New Year May You Be Written (in the Book of Life) for a Good New Year HOLIDAY GREETINGS HOLIDAY GREETINGS יוֹם כִּיפוּר גָּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה May You Be Sealed (in the Book of Life) for Good

A Parable Once there was of a prince who was far away from his father -- a hundred days’ journey away. His friends said to him: “Return to your father.” He replied: “I cannot: I have not the strength. So then his father sent word, saying to him: “Come back as far as you can according to your strength, and I will go the rest of the way to meet you.

So, הקדוש ברוך הוא says to Israel: הֲֹשִיבֵנוּ ה" אֵלֶיךָ וְנָֹשוּבָה חַדֵֹש יַמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם. Return to Me and I will return with you. מלאכי ג: ז

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