Parshas Ki Savo and Simcha of Rosh Hashana - Rabbi Aaron Dov Friedman - 08.27.26

Okay, Parshas Ki Sovay, as we inch ourselves closer to Rosh Hashanah, these are always the Parshas right before we start Slichas, as we're going to begin at some time, Parshas Ki Sovay, and this year it's going to be next week, Parshas Nitzavim Vayelech, depends when Rosh Hashanah falls out, we have to have a minimum of three days Slichas before Rosh Hashanah, This year Rosh Hashanah is on Shabbos, so we can start just the Matzah Shabbos that's prior to Rosh Hashanah.

which will not be this week, will be next week.

Kisava is already, as the name of the parasha tells us last week, we read, Kisaytze, when you go out, we're still going out to war.

The war is in front of us.

We're going to be proactive, as we spoke last week.

You go out to war, you don't wait until the war comes to you.

Parsha's kisava is that it's very close.

Kisava, it's coming in.

We're almost entering, and these are the parshis that prepare us for Rosh Hashanah and the concepts of how we walk into Rosh Hashanah.

We don't just plop into Rosh Hashanah unprepared.

Take out, I encourage you all, take out your machzer, dust it off, take a look at it, remind yourself of the beautiful tfilos of Rosh Hashanah, and they are so beautiful.

And especially the Musaf Rosh Hashanah, which is the longest tefillah of the entire year, and it takes a lot of stamina to read through it and to understand it and to appreciate it.

Look it over, read the commentaries, become familiar with it, it's worth it, it will enhance your tefillah of...

Many people, Rav Shim Shim Pincus, Zechar Tzadok Levrocha, has pirushim on the machzer and also Rav Chaim Friedlander and Yosef Zechaim have even translated into English commentary and guidance And it's hard to do it when you're davening, to look at the commentary.

It's almost impossible.

It's long, a very long Shmon Esrei.

So I encourage you to do it a few weeks before.

And that's what we're going to talk about today, is the preparation that Parshas Kisovei is preparing us for Rosh Hashanah.