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The daily chapter describes an event that occurred on the day before the new moon, at the beginning of the new month (<\/span>Machar Rosh Chodesh<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I understand Rosh Chodesh to mean a kind of a beginning, a new chapter, and above all, an opportunity to reroute, fine tune, and reorganize.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do we take advantage of this opportunity?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Even Shoshan Hebrew dictionary lists two key meanings under the entry “tomorrow” (<\/span>machar<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0 <\/span>Tomorrow in the literal sense \u2013 the following day, one day on. (“Tomorrow<\/span> is a rest day, a holy Sabbath to the Lord” Ex. 16:23)<\/span>.<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0 <\/span>Tomorrow meaning in the near or distant future (“<\/span>If your son asks you in time to come” Deut. 6:20).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Our attitude to the concept of “tomorrow” is mixed.\u00a0 Sometimes we consider it to be exact and binding, and at other times, as a general promise or hope for the future (“No problem, I’ll take care of it tomorrow” or ma\u00f1ana).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Reading this chapter teaches us to incorporate both aspects of “tomorrow” when looking ahead.\u00a0 This idea is based on the understanding that a single day is not an independent entity, but rather an act or event that we do or experience tomorrow (in the literal sense) but which contain the seeds of the near or distant future.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The tension between Saul and David, and the secret code that Jonathan devised to let David know what the immediate (tomorrow) and distant future holds was not intended for David alone, but also for future generations. “<\/span>Behold, the arrows are beyond you”. These words were not only intended for that specific occasion but also, I believe, he was also “prophesizing” <\/span>future events about a split in the kingdom of Israel and tribal divisions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Thinking about the concept of “tomorrow” and the phrase <\/span>Machar Rosh Chodesh<\/span><\/i> makes me wonder if the Scripture is trying to teach us to view every single tomorrow as if it were a new beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

    When Saul celebrated the new month, “all those who eat at the king’s table came on the festive day to the table and no one was absent” (Rashi: I Sam. 20:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

    At the beginning of each month, everyone has to be present before the king. This is a day without any excuses for absence – a day of introspection and for coming before Him with all the seriousness that such an event demands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Taking this idea further, we are given this opportunity, and indeed responsibility, every single day to ask ourselves where we are standing.<\/span><\/p>\n

    To plan and execute a meaningful tomorrow, both for the day itself, and a tomorrow which has the potential to develop and (positively) influence the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

    If we understand the dual concept of tomorrow, how will we understand the concept of today?<\/p>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n

    Translated by Chava Wilschanski<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":58471,"id":58471,"title":"isam20-sunrise","filename":"isam20-sunrise.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow\/isam20-sunrise\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"isam20-sunrise","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":58470,"date":"2019-06-28 05:14:25","modified":"2019-06-28 05:15:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":960,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-300x150.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-768x384.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":384,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-1024x512.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":512,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":768,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":960,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-1200x600.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":600,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam20-sunrise-840x420.jpg","home_baner-width":840,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow\u2026","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"All tomorrows are a new beginning. 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