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Our Elul Election Campaign - R. Aharon Pessin - TorahAnytime.com

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Very soon they're going to have elections. In Eretz Yisrael. And we have to make sure that our Elul, our Rosh Hashanah doesn't turn into a an election campaign. What happens before an election campaign? At the campaign, every politician promises you, "I'm going to do this. I'm going to give you this. I'm going to change this. Your life will never be the same." Why? Because he wants to make sure that they go through that crucial day. Right after the elections, they ask him, "But you promised." True. "I promised, but I never promised to keep my promises." >> [laughter] >> And we have to make sure that yes, we want to somehow go through that crucial day of Rosh Hashanah with all kinds of promises, but God forbid to make that Elul into a election campaign. How? I think it'll be easier if we remember one line from the Zohar Hakodesh. Zohar Hakodesh in Shemot, daf hey, amud bet, says the following. I'll say it in Aramaic and then translate to English. Amar Abba Yehuda, ilu lemalei havu yadin benei nasha, if people would only know rehimusa, demirchan Kudsha Berich Hu leYisrael, the love the Holy One, blessed be He, has to all of Israel, havu shayin kitrei, ragya lemirdav abasrei, we would roar like lions to chase after Him.