{"id":50137,"date":"2020-09-16T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=50137"},"modified":"2020-09-16T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:16:54","slug":"rosh-hashana-aleinu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/rosh-hashana-aleinu\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosh Hashana: Aleinu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Standing in the Kodesh HaKodashim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We recite\u00a0<em>Aleinu<\/em>\u00a0daily, many of us three times a day; perhaps because we have grown so accustomed to saying it, many of us unfortunately do not appreciate the significance and importance of this\u00a0<em>tefilah<\/em>.\u00a0 In fact, we are often mentally on our way to the next part of our day as we fly through this awesome\u00a0<em>tefilah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aleinu<\/em>\u00a0is one of our earliest\u00a0<em>tefilos<\/em>.\u00a0 It was composed by Yehoshua bin Nun.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>Anshei K\u2019neses 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situation?\u201d\u00a0 We must realize that we make hundreds of decisions daily, many of them subconsciously, and we need to ask ourselves if we are ready to decide every one of these queries based on our understanding of what Hashem\u2019s will is in this situation.\u00a0 Are we willing to ask a\u00a0<em>rav<\/em>\u00a0when we are uncertain how the Torah instructs us to act in this case?\u00a0 Our willingness to subjugate our will to the will of Hashem is the essence of our service, and our judgment on Rosh HaShanah is dependent on the degree to which we accept to do so.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aleinu<\/em>\u00a0was chosen to be the lead\u00a0<em>tefilah<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Malchiyus<\/em>, the core section of the core\u00a0<em>tefilah<\/em>\u00a0for Rosh HaShanah.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>aron ha\u2019kodesh<\/em>\u00a0is opened during\u00a0<em>Aleinu<\/em>, which the Levush says is like being in the\u00a0<em>Kodesh HaKodashim<\/em>\u00a0in the\u00a0<em>Beis HaMikdash<\/em>.\u00a0 Let us conclude 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