Rabbi Chaitovsky covers terrain of High Holidays

Yaakov Chaitovsky of BMH-BJ says that chesbon hanefesh (accounting of the soul), the introspective, preparatory process leading up to the High Holidays, might actually be strengthened by COVID-19. “A lot of the preparation for the holidays is an individual thing, done in solitude or just looking at the mirror,” the senior rabbi says. “We are asked to go through a serious introspection every year before the High Holidays, and all holidays for that matter. “This year, since people are more used to solitude and doing things alone, I think it might be a little easier to tap into the aloneness, the solitariness, that is sometimes required for this,”he says. “People are already going though this private self-assessment, which you’re not going to do as a […]