Why are we Praying for Life- What is Life? I

Elul- Month of Preparation. We are now in the Jewish month of Elul. This is the month of preparation for the Holy days of Rosh Hashanah (The first two days of the month Tishrie) and Yom Kippur (the Tenth day of Tishrie), which is next month.

The special significance of these days is that they are a time when we are to prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe”. During this period in the month preceding Rosh Hashanah Until after Yom Kippur are days when G-D is closer to us and is They’re to help us in our prayers and repentance.

The Hebrew name Elul is also an acronym for the Hebrew words "I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me" (in Hebrew this is only four words) which is a verse found in Songs of Songs 6:3.

If I can Sin I can Repenet. During these particular days a person can turn himself around no matter what his level is or what he has done. The famous founder of the Breslov Hasidim, Rebbi Nachum, wrote that if you believe in G-D and that He gave us commands, His Torah, you would also believe that there is a concept of sin, which G-D told us exists. Therefore you should also believe that you could fix up what was done wrong through penitence and change instantly, since the same and only G-D that gave us the Torah and its commands, commanded us also that repentance helps!

A Time to Pray for Life. Throughout these holy days one of the themes we find in the Prayers are that we are asking G-D for life. The reason we are praying so much about life is because on Rosh Hashanah G-d decides what will be with everyone's life, whether he will live or not. Our health, and our families' health and prosperity are all decided on Rosh Hashanah.

Will we have children or not? Will we be successful in our business or not? These are all decided on Rosh Hashanah. It is because of this that Rosh Hashanah is taken with the utmost seriousness and preparation is the topic on everyone's minds during Elul.

Why is Rosh Hashanah the Day of Judgment?. The reason Rosh Hashanah also called "The Day of Judgment" is because it was on this day when G-D created Adam, the first man, This event took place on the sixth day of creation, according to one opinion in the Talmud. If so, Rosh Hashanah was the day when G-D, so to say, became the King over His creations. It was on that day that G-D created man, who was

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