NITZAVIM
G-D Believes In You.
The power of sincerity lies therein that it cannot be faked; or at least not easily.
Try reading a scripted apology to a friend you’ve hurt – it’s not going to go over well.
But what if you’ve become a pro at sincere routines? Is that still genuine enough to count?
Each year on Rosh Hashana we promise Hashem the world; ‘ I will change – I promise’ ‘This time it’s for real’ and then of course, life derails our plans to varying degrees and one year later we are back making promises we already didn’t keep once.
Which begs the question:
how do we do this with a whole heart? How can we commit to accepting the yoke of Heaven on Rosh Hashanah? After all, we’ve tried ten times and have not succeeded.
G-d believes in us because we truly do intend to change. In that moment we truly are sincere and wholehearted, notwithstanding our checkered past and broken promises.
