My Kabbalah Diary

  Every Rosh Hashanah celebration or Jewish New Year celebration, the sound of the Shofar is always played. Although the sound is included in the Zeir Anpin aspect, the Shofar is included in the Binah aspect. Because in the sound of the Shofar there is forgiveness and a flowing source of life. The Jewish New Year does include a judgment aspect. However, judgment in Kabbalah is like the election of a Supernal King who was looking for his queen, or like King Ahasuerus choosing Esther to be queen. And it is only the Creator's grace that makes a person pleasing before Him and receiving mercy. Apart from that, during Rosh Hashanah, it was written that the Widow Zarephath had a baby on the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Likewise, on the day of Rosh Hashanah the Divine grants fertility to the barren, and answers prayers that have long gone unanswered. Rosh Hashanah is a testament to the meaning of sweetening judgment with love. Shmini: Verse 59 וּתְרֵי קַלֵי נִינְהוּ, דְּהָא מִגּוֹ קָלָא, נָפִיק ...

I remember when I was very small, several times my mother gave me some apple slices, and then dipped them with a little honey. It's true, apples are quite sweet fruit, added with honey, so they taste even more sweet. And every Rosh Hashanah celebration, apples and honey are always one of the typical dishes, which also reminds us of a prayer for an increasingly sweet new year. However, in spiritual Kabbalah, the apple symbolizes the fruit of Da'ath, namely the Fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Meanwhile, honey is symbolized as purity, medicine or recovery. So, the meaning of an apple dipped in honey is, sweetening judgment, namely forgiveness and love. Thus, it means that when the Jewish New Year begins, a new chapter of life begins. And love with forgiveness, will sweeten one's judgment. Love and Light, Nuriella.