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Hello.
Doesn’t the fact that for the majority of the people in Israel, the word most associated with Rosh Hashanah is “Oman” indicate a major failure in imparting values and concepts, even to the religious and the ultra-Orthodox? Doesn’t the fact that a large public perceives an event, in my opinion, that borders on idolatry, indicate that there is some terrible and terrible failure here? The impression heard from some of the travelers to Uman, that the elation felt in the prayer is a real fake. In my opinion, a large public would feel the same elation even if they were holding the Yom Kippur prayers near Mount Azazel. And as an aside to the question: My interpretation of the mass influx to Uman, at least the influx of the majority of the public who are not original Breslavs, is that the Rosh Hashanah prayers, which take place over two days, are in an oppressive and detailed format, so that most of the public has difficulty understanding why they need the experience of reciting piyyutim, most of which do not speak to them at all.
I suppose you can anticipate what my answers will be to the very nature of these phenomena. But you are completely exaggerating their significance. This is not the majority of the public but a marginal part of it. Those who are committed to the Tomah (religious education) understand that the Lord is not an artist. It is true that people seek experiences, and mistakenly identify them with religious value. Well, this is part of the era in which we live.
I have already written about the Lord and his prayers here. Indeed, the length is completely excessive. And even the myth of Judgment Day, and certainly when it comes to two days, I have no faith in it.
I didn't write that most of the public is perceived to be so, but rather that most of the public will associate Rosh Hashanah, not with the Day of Judgment, not with the blowing of the shofar, but with a craftsman. Which shows that there is a serious failure in education here. Thank God, most of the (religious) public celebrates Rosh Hashanah in a sane manner.
Is there no religious significance to the closeness of God? People experience it there
In the Torah, only two words are written about Rosh Hashanah (unlike the other holidays): "Yom Terua." One must search the Novellae of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk to see where the "artist" issue can be extracted from this.
What? Who are these “most people” for whom Rosh Hashanah is associated with nationalism?
Besides, if it is an experience for people, who does it bother? Spending the holidays in Thailand is better?
*Of course, between an experience and religious importance there is a difference that we would expect at least elected officials to understand, yes. But these are the same elected officials who scream “we will die rather than be drafted” so it is clear what their politics are worth… exactly politics.
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