In a meeting or with the family?
Hello Rabbi
I’m a 20-year-old yeshiva student. This year, my extended family is coming to my house to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. I’m debating whether it’s better to be in a yeshiva, because it’s less appropriate for me and the guests to sit and talk on Rosh Hashanah, or is there also an aspect where Rosh Hashanah is finally a good day and it’s okay to eat, drink, and be happy? (Actually, I’d rather be at home, but I don’t know if that’s right?)
I assume that the family expects you to be and therefore you deserve to be. There is a commitment to the family. If you feel that it will significantly harm your service to God, then maybe not. But note that the experience on Rosh Hashana is not valuable in itself. The question is about the essential aspects and implications for your service to God. Rosh Hashana is a holiday and we eat and rejoice on it, as written in Nehemiah.
“As it is written in Nehemiah”?!! Didn't you write two questions ago that there is no content that can be extracted from the Bible?!
If the subject interests you, you are welcome to read the columns and the second book in the trilogy.
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