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The origin of the name Isru Chag is from the verse "Bind the festival with cords, and from there to the horns of the altar" (Psalms 118, 27), i.e., tie the holiday sacrifice (which we offered in the Temple) on the corners of the altar. In other words, we are so attached to the joy of the holiday (which is expressed in the sacrifice) that it is difficult for us to separate from it. We stretch our feeling of happiness to the maximum; we hold onto the 'horns of the altar' in order to gain another day of holiness (this is also one of the reasons for the Mimouna celebrations). Many of us have a fear, and rightly so, of the days ahead; difficult decisions are facing the people of Israel. Those who are "bound to the horns of the altar" are not afraid of anything.
Most of us do not have to make the decisions, but we all have to prepare ourselves mentally for them. Today is the time to gather strength for the future. The adjacent verses are: "You are my Almighty, and I will give thanks to you. My God, I will exalt you" (ibid. 28-29). In every reality we find ourselves, we will thank God; do not be moved by the voices of despair and hatred. There is Someone stronger than them Who decides what will be, and to Whom we give thanks both on holidays and on weekdays.
Happy Isru Chag!
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
