Cantor Lee:  What would the High Holy Days be without an account of Rabbi David's yearly meeting with the Heavenly Beings. Shana Tova! 

Rabbi David: Once again, as  the summer draws to an end and the High Holy Days are in the air, as my yearly rabbinical custom  demands, I used my Divine  facebook account to  send  a  message to the Heavenly Department  for  Jewish and Kosher Affairs, alerting them that I am filing an application for the World’s Jewish Status  Review. I used the appropriate  heavenly mandatory form titled “Rabbinical Request for Complaints Hearing and Jewish Review” 

Much  to my surprise, a few  days later, UPS left me a small package from an undisclosed sender. Inside was a letter and a map. The letter notified  me  that Angel Shmuel Rabinowitz, my long loyal contact, will not handle my case this year since  he was  reassigned to a different detail in Washington DC. Go figure. 

My case  will be handled  by  Superior Angel, Mottel  Berkovitch. Angel Mottel presides over a special non-partisan angelic commission for  rabbinical complaints. My case will be heard at that kosher bagel and cream cheese store  in the wilderness of West  Boca Raton. I was asked to bring to the hearing all supporting documentation including maps, graphs, videos and  written testimonies from Jewish  people around the world. All the presented material will be evaluated in an orderly fashion during the heavenly hearing.

A date was set.  I was busy gathering all the  supporting documents. On the date of the hearing I got up early, got dressed, put on my favorite  “Am Yisrael Chai” shirt,  nice pair of pants and tie, ate an abbreviated breakfast  and got ready to leave quietly so as not  to disturb my beloved  wife,  Lee Ellen,  who was still sleeping. 

It  course, nothing slips past my beloved wife. She rushed downstairs to perform her  regular daily husband clothing checking. Upon hearing where and why I was going, she rolled her eyes and murmured ”another mishegas”. As usual I was made to change my pants, shirt, socks and shoes because  she detected a microscopic unseen spot at the  bottom of my pants. The tie passed and could stay.

I finally got  to the bagel place. The commission was already sitting around a long table. They had already finished their breakfast and  were drinking  their Turkish coffee. There were four lady angels and four gentlemen angels, all looking very angelic and serious. Superior Angel Mottel Berkovich was presiding. With him was his heavenly edition apple laptop  and a large screen.

I pulled the  documents from my briefcase and handed them to Angel Mottel. He scanned  them and displayed  them on  the screen. He was also streaming the procedure in real time for the big guy, the Higher Authority to see.

“Go ahead dear, we are listening, we are all human ears”, one of the lady angels was saying with a heavenly smile.

The supporting documents were now flashing on the screen. All the testimonies of hostilities against  Jews around  the world including Israel’s struggle in the last two years were there. I started  my presentation: “As you can see for yourselves your honorable angels, the Jewish world is experiencing a dangerous rise in physical and verbal hostility. In many countries. Jews are living in fear for their lives. Our beloved Israel is struggling in a never ending war for survival against extremely ruthless enemies. They are exhausted physically and mentally.  The hostages  that  were dragged  to  Gaza  two years  ago are still held in despicable inhumane conditions. "

The commission was quietly watching  the testimonial, pictures and videos on the screen. I continued, "We in the US and other places  around the world are experiencing  a dangerous rise in Antisemitism on our campuses, on our streets and social media. Lies about the Jewish people and State of Israel have proliferated everywhere.  We, the Jewish people, have suffered  enough. It is time for some changes. It is time to improve human moral  standards  and  eliminate Jewish persecution once and for all. "

One of the angels raised what appeared  to be a hand and got permission to talk.  “Rabbi, he said, “we have been dealing with bigotry  and  antisemitism for many, many centuries. Our almighty boss  has  closets full of  documents like these. He had  to build  additional heavenly closets  to store them all. As you know, Rabbi, the Jewish people have been traumatized by war and bigotry since Moses’ time. Angel Mottel took over, “Rabbi, just as we have been saying for centuries, do not despair. The Jewish people are an evergreen nation, forever alive. They are here  as long as the world turns. You see, said the good Angel  Mottel Berkovich,  the Jewish people are blessed with Divine Light and nothing can destroy it. They are a giant tree with roots so deep in the ground, no hurricane can possibly topple it, not even category five.  Be not afraid. G-D almighty, my boss, has your back. Keep the faith. 

Another nice angel said: you must  trust  that what is good and decent will always prevail, trust that the good and  decent will always defeat the darkness and evil. However,” he continued, ”Our Boss, the big guy, is watching these proceedings  in real time. He is aware of everything. Trust in him and pray to him. With his  help  things will get better."

With this  the  Angelic commission officially wished all of us a great new Jewish year, a year of peace and tranquility all over the world. The meeting ended.

I was left there with my carefully chosen clean shirt and pants and my nice new kippah. I trust  that  the angels of the special angelic commission were right, talking about the Jewish secret of survival and that our eternal Hope for a Peaceful world will never fade and will become  a reality.

May we all be blessed with a Happy and Healthy New Year, a year of peace. Shanah Tova, 

Rabbi David 

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