S'lichot

"Days are scrolls: Write on them what you want to be remembered." 
(Bachya Ibn Pakuda, eleventh century)

S'lichot is a customary service observed before Rosh HaShanah. S'lichot, meaning forgiveness, refers to the penitential prayers recited by Jews prior to the onset of the High Holiday season. It is a solemn and fitting preparation for ten days of reflection and self-examination.

A Story to Share:
It is told of Rabbi Israel Salanter that late one night, he was passing through a main street where a cobbler of his acquaintance lived. He noticed through the window that the candle that gave the shoemaker light was flickering and would soon go out. Rabbi Israel entered the cobbler's hut and said to him, "My friend, why do you sit up so late? You worked all day long; the candle light is almost out; it is in its last flickering. Isn't it better for you to go to bed and rest?" "Well, Rabbi," responded the shoemaker, "as long as there is light in this candle, I can still do some mending."

Rabbi Israel then, so the story goes, kept on repeating, "As long as the light of life is burning, one still has time to mend one's ways."
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