Prepare Yourself for the Measure of Silence*

With the Days of Awe just round the turnpike, I find myself falling strangely silent. This happens every year. I can't say I've done much more than my usual soul-searching. The only thing I know is that I have failed this past year, as in all other years, to measure up spiritually. It's shameful.

So this year, as in all other years, I will stand barefoot and empty-handed before G-d and say, "Hineni, Here I Am".



* Rav Kook