One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/g-d.htm - G-d has "books" that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d's decree. The actions that change the decree are "teshuvah, http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/tefilah.htm - tefilah and http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/tzedakah.htm - tzedakah ," repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These "books" are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."
My children enter into My Loving cup ,
Take hold of My hand ,
I am ever seeking the righteous in heart ,
Marking their foreheads as the doorposts at Passover of the Lamb . . .
My loving seal I place upon you ,
As you enter in to my Promise true ,
Salvations King is coming your way !
Wait upon me on this special day .
1 John 2:1-2
1 John 2
1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: éåÉí ëÄÌôÌåÌøý, IPA: [ˈjɔm kiˈpur]), also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews have traditionally observed this holiday with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man whereas five days earlier, on 25 of Elul, marks the first day of creation.[2]
The Mishnah, the core text of Judaism's oral Torah, contains the first known reference to Rosh Hashana as the "day of judgment." In the Talmud tractate on Rosh Hashanah it states that three books of account are opened on Rosh Hashanah , wherein the fate of the wicked, the righteous, and those of an intermediate class are recorded. The names of the righteous are immediately inscribed in the book of life, and they are sealed "to live."
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