Rabbi Hama son of Rabbi Hanina, and Rabbi Hoshaya– one said, “Is there a nation like this nation? Ordinarily someone who knows they are on trial wears black and wraps themselves in black and lets their beard grow since they do not know how their trial will turn out. But that is not how it is with Israel. Rather, on the day of their trial they wear white and shave their beards and eat, drink, and rejoice, for they know that the Holy Blessed One does miracles for them.
Questions to Consider and Discuss:
- In what ways are the High Holy Days like going to court?
- In what ways are they like the secular holiday of New Year’s Eve/Day?
