On Rosh Hashanah, the verdict is written.
On Yom Kippur, it is sealed,
but the verdict is not delivered until Hoshanah Rabbah.
(Your experience may vary,
especially if your attorney gets you a temporary restraining order.)
Judaism is a faith with infinite second chances.
We imagine a strict king making harsh choices,
and experience Solomon issuing win/win decisions.
We imagine our fate fixed forty days before we are born,
and experience a fate that changes in an instant
like the passengers of flydubai FZ 1073.
We imagine the fate of rain sealed on Hoshanah Rabbah
and experience oasis after oasis that sustains us.
No wonder we dance seven circles around the bimah
with our lulav and our etrog and the Torah!
