Occasion(s) / Rosh Hashanah
There are people, explains the Talmud, who koneh olamo b’sha·ah ehat (Avodah Zarah 10b), who “acquire eternity in a moment,” and for Joseph Welch, that moment occurred on June 9, 1954. The context was a post-war America unnerved by fears of Communist influence and subversion.
Occasion(s) / Yom Kippur, Yizkor
Yizkor is an opportunity for gratitude and love along with sadness.
