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The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2010 - Page 19 Hebrew Cemetery Association Annual Memorial Service, September 12 -10:30 AM, 1801 Statesville Avenue, Rain or Shine By Lorrie Klemons, Publicity At the closing of the Yom Kippur Neilah service on September 18, the Book of Life will be sealed for yet another year How many of us will be inscribed for another year of life? On what does God base that inscription? We Jews believe that our God is a merciful and forgiving God. We also know, many of us through first-hand experience, that being a good person and having a good neshamah (Godly soul) does not necessarily guarantee another year of life. In fact, we know that bad things happen to good people. If being a good person and following in the image of God by praying, performing mitzvot, and studying Torah, does not guarantee us life year after year, than why the need for such prayer and supplication and self-deprivation (fasting) on Yom Kippur? The most learned rabbis cannot explain why bad things happen to good people? We can ask the rab bis and God Himself, all the ques tions we want - and in Judaism we are required to ask those ques tions; however, for some ques tions there are just no sufficient answers. Judaism teaches us that prayer, the performance of mitzvot and the study of Torah are the most important things a Jew can do. In performing mitzvot, we become almost God-like. The tra dition of Kabbalah tells us that when God created the universe He had a huge container to put all of the holiness into. But there was so much holiness that the container broke into a thousand pieces. It became our task as newly created men and women of the world to go around and retrieve God’s holi ness. During the High Holidays, when we gather in prayer as one universal Jewish community, God smiles down on us for the holiness we portray. We gather in prayer. We gather in song. We gather in ritual. We gather in love. We gath er as one loud chaotic crowd and yet periodically we hush quietly to hear God’s small voice. That small voice, which looms in the chasms of our consciousness and subcon sciousness. That small voice, which gives direction and mean ingfulness to our lives. That small voice, which creates the faith that guides us to do God’s work here on earth. So yes, while bad things do happen to good people, holiness remains the essence of life. And though living a holy life may not guarantee your being inscribed in the Book of Life from one year to another, it sure does make you a great and righteous person, and a person who will be memorialized by others for the holiness and goodness that made you so spe cial. We are living in times of unprecedented economic turmoil. Jobs are hard to keep. Homes are being foreclosed. Money is tight. For many of our friends and neighbors, the present is gloomy and dark and their prospect for the future is scary and uncertain. Now more than ever, the Hebrew Cemetery Association needs your support. Your tax deductible annu al dues of $72 will help maintain a dignified and sanctified resting place for all those who precede us in eternal life. If you would like to make a donation to memorialize a loved one, send your check payable to the Hebrew Cemetery to 4229 Peggy Lane, Charlotte, NC 28227. For more information about membership benefits, graves, prepaid funeral costs, endowments, contact cemetery Director, Sandra Goldman at 704- 576-1859 or 704-944-6854 or director@hebrewcemetery.org. Visit the cemetery website at www.hebrewcemetery.org. where you can learn more about the cemetery or make a donation. Please join us and your favorite rabbi as our community gathers at the cemetery to memorializes loved ones, friends and other fel- low-Jews during the Cemetery Association’s Annual Memorial Service on September 12 at 10:30 AM, rain or shine. The cemetery is a holy, serene and dignified place. 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