1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Joshua Waxmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/jwaxmanRosh Hashanah: Recreating our Selves - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="h1h31bf8Bm"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/09/rosh-hashanah-recreating-our-selves.html">Rosh Hashanah: Recreating our Selves</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/09/rosh-hashanah-recreating-our-selves.html/embed#?secret=h1h31bf8Bm" width="600" height="338" title="“Rosh Hashanah: Recreating our Selves” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="h1h31bf8Bm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This week is the final countdown to Rosh Hashanah, the day when our fates are written for the New Year. The liturgy tells us that God sits in heaven judging all people and writing our fates in a giant book–“Who will live, and who will die; who will see fullness of years and whose death…