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Shaarei Tikvah Issue 57/ Rosh Hashana 200834rosh hashana_magazine2.indd 3421/09/2008 7:01:28 PM
A JewishOutlook on LifeBy: Rabbi Shimon Schwab zt”lIt was shortly after my fourth birthday; we were beingphotographed, my two younger brothers and I. I canstill see everything clearly before me. The pleatedcurtains surrounded the glass cover of the secret-filledapparatus; the man under the black cape; the threadbare clothscenery in the background. And then, the many, many toys; thelarge multi-colored dice cube, a small rocking horse, and buildingblocks. These were placed at our disposal so that we would appearwith happy and shining children’s faces on the photograph.And then came the first, unforgettable disappointment of myyoung life: When it was time to leave for home, the photographertook all the toys away from us! This was deeply painful. I hadpreviously thought that the photographer was similar to one ofmy very good uncles who loved all good children and broughtthem gifts at every occasion. Here, however, for the first time, wasa grownup who took gifts back from little children! This was myfirst lesson, painfully impressed on my childish heart in the dawnof my consciousness. It was my first encounter, albeit unsolicited,with the cruel reality of the world of grownups:That everything life grants us - and even life itself - is time-boundand time-limited. Success, happiness, beauty, solace, and lovearrive in small packages, neatly packed and carefully weighed.And when we have made sufficient use of them, the time issuddenly up - much too quickly and much too early. And we aresent away, back home… but the gifts remain here.And all of life is this way. Laughter and crying, ups and downs,light and darkness, all are measured, tightly limited, small packages ofexperiences, which suffice for the time allotted to us for our existencehere. None of this lasts forever - whether good or painful.There is a time for everything, a time for all desires under theheaven… A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to lamentand a time to dance (Koheles 3).The medicine of suffering, as well as the elixir of happiness, isalways handed to us in small doses. Judaism thus teaches us notto become broken when the sun sets, nor be overly exuberantwhen the darkness wanes. Everything has its time under the sun.Judaism teaches us to relinquish our “toys” when the time comes,and grasp G-d’s Fatherly hand. Judaism teaches us to subordinatethat which is temporal to the Everlasting One.Rejoice in the daytime of your happiness, pour out your tears inthe nighttime of tragedy. But never forget that over the temporalof your ups and downs of our presence here, there shines aneverlasting Heaven, the manifestation of G-d and his immortalWill.The superficial and insignificant pedantry of earthly life has beenhanded to us for only a short period of time. The Torah, however,has been given to us forever: today, tomorrow, and always – in thislife and in the World to Come.To be a Torah Jew means not to waste one’s life, but to humblyand thankfully accept the goblet out of G-d’s Hand, regardlesswhether it is filled with a sweet or bitter drink.May the coming year be blessed with strength and solace andreliance on G-d. STReprinted with permission from The Jewish Observer“To be a Torah Jew means not to waste one’s life, but tohumbly and thankfully accept the goblet out of G-d’s Hand,regardless whether it is filled with a sweet or bitter drink.”Shaarei Tikvah Issue 57/ Rosh Hashana 200835rosh hashana_magazine2.indd 3521/09/2008 7:01:34 PM
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