Ep. 607: Should We Be Afraid of Judgment Day?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What should our focus be during this last week before Rosh Hashana?   25 Elul What is the significance and personal application of this day?  How can we say that the world was created on the 25th of Elul when time itself was a creation and there was no time before creation? What is unique about this year beginning on Shabbos? And it being the longest possible year? Has anyone come up with a good acronym for Tov Shin Pei Zayin? Do you have anything to say about the fact that we have 213 years left until the end of the sixth millennium? Should we be afraid of Judgment Day? What can I do about the heaviness and guilt I feel every Rosh Hashana? Is everything I do for myself and not for G-d a sin? Why should I bother going to shul on Rosh Hashana? Especially considering that my prayers are not being answered? What is the source in Torah that on Rosh Hashana we coronate Hashem as King? If the creation of the universe and G-d's coronation as King is dependent on us, how did that come to be at the outset of creation before there was an “us”? Since “malchus has nothing of its own” do we say that our relationship with G-d is completely dependent on us? What is the difference between the renewal of existence on Rosh Hashana and its renewal every moment? How could G-d consult the angels about creation when the angels themselves were created? Are there any differences between how the 13 attributes of mercy manifest in Elul and how they manifest in the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur? What is the connection between Atem Netzavim HaYom and Rosh Hashana? Why was the shofar sounded in the Beis Ha’Mikdash on Shabbos? Since Shabbos accomplishes the same thing the shofar accomplishes, why do we need to sound the shofar on the second day of Rosh Hashana? What is the sequence of the holidays following Rosh Hashana? What is yechida and how do we access it on Yom Kippur? What is the significance of the joy of Sukkos following the Days of Awe? Why do they have to remain hidden? 5787 Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur and Sukkos 36 Tzaddikim (follow-up)