Machshava:

Rosh Hashana 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Ani Ledodi

Description

A figurative fire can cleanse our sins. As a very last resort, affliction may be necessary to help a person to G-d. If someone is worthy, G-d will afflict them as necessary. A person can afflict his own body by fasting. In our times, tzedakah (charity) is the most effective replacement for bodily infliction.