In the machzor, there is liturgy unique to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This week Rabbi Woznica will select a few prayers and readings and share his insights.
Uv’chein tein pachd’cha…“Therefore, Adonai our God, place Your awe and fear upon all those You created, and may all Your works revere You…”
These words advance the ideal of a time when reverence for (indeed, fear of) God will penetrate the soul not only of the Jewish People but all peoples. It is the dream of a universal acceptance of nations that we are all the children of one Creator—and of the recognition of the Jewish People’s unique role in bringing God, and God’s universal moral ideals, to humanity.
— Rabbi David Woznica