Elul Challenge Day 22 - September 11/Elul 22 - What Control Do Humans Really Have?

Our podcast today begins with the famous prayer, the Unetaneh Tokef. "On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed. How many shall pass away and how many shall be born,Who shall live and who shall die..." It is a prayer about trying to understand the unfathomable nature of the world - it is a prayer where we wrestle with God, God’s nature - and this year, the year of the pandemic, when we struggle with why some people live, and some die, this prayer is even more powerful in the time of this pandemic. But do we have some control? That's what this podcast is about - the power to control our destinies. Today's challenge - give tzedakah, often translated as charity, to a cause that can bring justice to the world. Today is also the 19th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. Here's a site with legitimate charities to help families who suffered and still suffer from the attacks on 9/11. Links - IDF Chief Cantor's Unetaneh Tokef - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyBToUaon2w&ab_channel=IsraelDefenseForces 9/11 Charities - https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=490