Episode 2426 - Sorry. The key to a new year

0:00Good Vachob you had an awesome shabas. So tonight we started what's called Sliخus, special prayers that are added in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and throughout the High Holiday season. But I want to just focus on that one word Sliخus means basically saying I'm sorry I messed up. You know one of the greatest and most important things in life is to be able to own up to take what's called extreme responsibility and ownership over our actions. You know I don't know if you grew up with happy days but we all know when the fans had to try to apologize it was just so hard for him. I'm sizz and he just couldn't get the words out because a cool guy can't really apologize but the truth is it's actually the exact opposite. A tremendously strong confident person has the ability to say you know what I messed up I'm sorry whether it's two friends family spouses colleagues you name it there are so many people that we interact with all the

1:04time that just simply the art of saying sorry is how you start a new year on a fresh slate and especially as well with God. Hey God you've given me so much in life you know what I'm sorry a couple things that I've done over the past year I just feel really really bad about and I know I can do better and you know what although it's been hijacked by the non-Jews forgive me father for I've sined slag lano avino kei Ratano those are our words you know what he's not our king first he's our father avino makano our father our king whenever you turn to someone who's your father to a parent and say I'm sorry you know the first thing they do is they say forgiven so may we all over the next couple days cultivate the strength the insight the honesty and integrity to simply say with all our sincerity slagly I'm sorry and on that note wishing you an awesome night

2:05and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow