Judaism doesn't fear death | WATCH
Elul and the High Holidays are a call to live with awareness of life’s fragility rather than fear of death.
Most people avoid talking about it, but Judaism doesn’t fear death, it uses it as the ultimate motivator for life.
Elul and the High Holidays aren’t just about apologizing for mistakes. They’re about a deeper teshuva: asking, Am I really becoming the person I was meant to be?
That’s why Yosef resisted temptation. He imagined: What if Hashem called me right now, would I be ready to give my soul back with pride?
And that’s why a girl in Bnei Brak changed her entire life after a terrorist attack. At a funeral, she heard that the victim had to be buried in his clothes. She thought: If it were me, would I want to face Hashem dressed like this? That thought changed her forever.
Elul is about living with that awareness: If the shofar blew right now, am I ready? If Yom Kippur was today, could I say I’m living my mission?
Watch this video to discover how thinking about the end can radically change the way you live right now.