The ten days between Rosh haShanna and Yom Kippur are referred to as the Ten days of Repentance. They are a time for us to reflect on the past year and an opportunity to think about how we would like to grow in the upcoming year. I hope this passage from Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo’s book, Crisis, Covenant and Creativity is gives you some guidance in this pursuit.
Man’s heart is drawn after his actions. What he does will ultimately be what he is. In the realm of spiritual growth, action takes precedence because it alone is the medium of personal transformation. But not all actions produce the same effect. Halacha is the musical score that molds our actions into a symphony of the divine. We may start by borrowing notes that perhaps we would not ourselves have written, but when we play them, with compassion, the sounds they make will soon resonate within us. And at the moment when we start to hear the music of our own souls issue forth, there can be no doubt that its Composer was also our Creator. (pg.34)
