SF - # The Joy of Coming Home

The journey is beautiful

The festivals are not only sacred days of celebration but also catalysts that awaken and elevate our hearts toward teshuvah. Each Yom Tov draws us upward, step by step, to ever-higher spiritual levels. The cycle of the festivals mirrors two stages of teshuvah. Rosh HaShanah, the Day of Judgment, awakens within us a reverent awe of Hashem and motivates us to purify ourselves through teshuvah. Yet this is only the beginning. As we move forward to Succos, the Festival of Joy, our hearts overflow with love and gratitude for HaShem’s boundless kindness. In that state of loving closeness, we are inspired to repent out of love—and then, wondrously, all our misdeeds are transformed into mitzvos. The journey from Rosh HaShanah to Succos is more than a passage of days; it is a spiritual ascent—from trembling before the King to dancing in His embrace. Today: Rejoice deeply in the immeasurable love and compassion of HaShem, Who not only forgives our past but turns even our failures into pathways of merit when we return to Him with love. (Based on the commentary of the Pele Yoetz) Donate May the souls who left this world be remembered for a blessing. R' Yochanon Mordecai ben Ephraim and Moras Esther Leah bas Yehudah Yoseph HaRav HaGaon Rebe Mordecai ben Rav Moshe and Rebbitzen Mazel Malka bas Sara Meira Leah bas Michael Basha Elka bas Moshe HaCohen Devorah bas Moshe HaRav HaGaon Rebe Yisrael ben HaRav HaGaon Zev Wolf HaRav HaGaon Rebe Moshe ben HaRav HaGaon Yacov Moshe Fisher HaRav HaGaon Daniel Zvi ben Avraham Chanuch HaRav HaGaon BZF HaRav HaGoan Yaacov Yitzchak HaRav HaGaon Gershon Chaim R' Maair Ben R' Yakutiel and Javayeer z"tl Refuah Shleimah Yochanon Baruch ben Fruma Ettta Zivia bas Raizel Tzvi ben Chana Avner Shimon ben Argamon Leah Hadassah bas Michal Chana Chava Bas Michal Chanah Nuna bas Nuna Yakir Efraim Ben Rachel Devora Chaya Leah bas Sara Chaya Shaina Chana Bas Itcha Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora Shmuel Ben Navat Chanah Tauba bat Tzilah. Daniella bat Sarah Rise bat Faiga salantfoundation.org US 305 653 1182 Israel 058 429 8471 Visit our website Connect with us Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email

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