There is a well known axiom of the Torah, that Hashem
recreates the world every single moment.
This means that every moment the world is endowed with new energy from
the Creator so that it can continue to exist.
Were this to ever stop, even for the most infinitesimally small amount
of time, our reality would cease to be. The
corollary of this is that at any moment, if Hashem so desires, anything that
was, can in its new iteration change to be something entirely different. Reb Shimshon Dovid Pinkus zt’l explains that
this is the process which allows Teshuva to take place. Hashem does not need to expunge the evil from
us, He recreates us entirely anew after we have truly repented for our failings.
Every year we come to Yom Kippur and spend the day asking for
forgiveness and sincerely determining to be better next year. But the choices we make and the changes we
resolve to implement can sometimes lack the conviction required to bring about
lasting change. Part of the reason for
this may be our own doubts about our ability to genuinely transform ourselves. How can we rid ourselves of all the past
mistakes that seem to have left us unalterably tarnished? But if we sincerely believe in what we have
said and internalise this truth as a reality, we will know that our resolutions
will not just bring about a reformed us, but a totally new us, a rebirth and a
chance to begin again. Let’s not waste
this opportunity for a new start and the chance to become a new you. The you that you have always wanted to be.
May the sanctity of Yom Kippur awaken us to a new beginning.
L’ilui
Nishmas Leah bas Avrohom
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