Ep. 607: Should We Be Afraid of Judgment Day?

<p><strong>Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:</strong><br> <strong>What should our focus be during this last week before Rosh Hashana?  </strong><br><strong> </strong><br><strong>25 Elul </strong></p><ul><li>What is the significance and personal application of this day?  </li><li>How can we say that the world was created on the 25th of Elul when time itself was a creation and there was no time before creation? </li></ul><ul><li>What is unique about this year beginning on Shabbos? </li><li>And it being the longest possible year? </li><li>Has anyone come up with a good acronym for Tov Shin Pei Zayin? </li><li>Do you have anything to say about the fact that we have 213 years left until the end of the sixth millennium? </li></ul><ul><li>Should we be afraid of Judgment Day? </li><li>What can I do about the heaviness and guilt I feel every Rosh Hashana? </li><li>Is everything I do for myself and not for G-d a sin? </li><li>Why should I bother going to shul on Rosh Hashana? </li><li>Especially considering that my prayers are not being answered? </li><li>What is the source in Torah that on Rosh Hashana we coronate Hashem as King? </li><li>If the creation of the universe and G-d&#39;s coronation as King is dependent on us, how did that come to be at the outset of creation before there was an “us”? </li><li>Since “malchus has nothing of its own” do we say that our relationship with G-d is completely dependent on us? </li><li>What is the difference between the renewal of existence on Rosh Hashana and its renewal every moment? </li><li>How could G-d consult the angels about creation when the angels themselves were created? </li><li>Are there any differences between how the 13 attributes of mercy manifest in Elul and how they manifest in the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur? </li><li>What is the connection between Atem Netzavim HaYom and Rosh Hashana? </li><li>Why was the shofar sounded in the Beis Ha’Mikdash on Shabbos? </li><li>Since Shabbos accomplishes the same thing the shofar accomplishes, why do we need to sound the shofar on the second day of Rosh Hashana? </li></ul><ul><li>What is the sequence of the holidays following Rosh Hashana? </li><li>What is yechida and how do we access it on Yom Kippur? </li><li>What is the significance of the joy of Sukkos following the Days of Awe? </li></ul><ul><li>Why do they have to remain hidden? </li></ul><p><strong>5787 Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur and Sukkos 36 Tzaddikim (follow-up) </strong></p>