Author: Zion Nefesh

On Rosh Hashanah we are judged and on Yom Kippur we receive the verdict that tells us how much light and energy of life we will have for the coming year. During the ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur we are observed...

From the Zohar, portion of Bo

וּבְהַהוּא יוֹמָא, קַיְימִין אִלֵּין תְּרֵין סִטְרִין: חַיִּים, וּמָוֶת. אִית מַאן דְּאַכְתִּיב לְסִטְרָא דְּחַיִּים. וְאִית מַאן דְּאַכְתִּיב לְסִטְרָא דְּמָוֶת. וּלְזִמְנִין דְּעָלְמָא שַׁרְיָא בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, אִי קַיְּימָא חַד זַכָּאָה בְּעָלְמָא, דְּאַכְרַע עָלַיְיהוּ, כֻּלְּהוּ קַיְימִין וְאַכְתִּיבוּ לְחַיִּים. וְאִי חַד חַיָּיבָא אַכְרַע עָלְמָא, כֻּלְּהוּ אַכְתִּיבוּ לְמִיתָה.

"On that day, two sides exist: Life and Death. There are those written to life, and those written to death. And sometimes the world is between life and death. If a righteous one leads them then he makes everybody written for life. But if an evil person leads them then they all will be written to death."

The life aspect means progress and success during the coming year. Death is the aspect of chaos, limitation and things that don’t go well for us or to our benefits.

Coming closer to a righteous person on Rosh Hashanah helps a person be written to the side of life. For many reasons, not everyone is able to do so. They may not know such a righteous person or they may live far from spiritual communities that can support them. Many souls form the Children of Israel are scattered all over the world and even far from the Zohar or connection book. This Zohar compilation is made also for them

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