Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Mussar: Occupy Your thinking with Thoughts of Teshuvah

From the Derech Emet Yahoo Group:

Yaarot Debash, Volume 1 of 2, Derush 1, page 1:

Fortunate is the person who does not allow one minute of them. [the ten days of repentance from Rosh HaShanah to Yom Kippur]to pass by without occupying himself with the service of G-d and thoughts of repentance.

MODERATOR COMMENT:
This concept probably also applies to the entire month of Elul.


MICROBIOGRAPHY:
Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz was born in Kraków (Poland) in 1690, became dayan [Rabbinical Judge] of Prague (Czech Republic)in 1736, became Rabbi of Metz (northeast France near Germany)
in 1741, and died in Altona (Germany) in 1764.
Yaaros Devash volume 1 was published in Lvov in 1798;
Yaaros Devash volume 2 was published in 1799.


Shanah Tovah,
Best Wishes for 5773!

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