Rosh HaShanah

Patterns in Time is a remarkable new series which reveals patterns subtly hidden by our Sages in the Midrash, and uses them to uncover the structure of patterns hidden in time. In this volume, Rav Matis Weinberg weaves a dramatic and moving tapestry of the complex themes of Rosh haShana - themes spanning time from the Garden of Eden through the Messianic age.

Patterns in Time does not duplicate the many excellent works available on the history , laws, customs, and lore of Rosh haShana. Instead, in a delightfully eclectic structuring of rich sources, Rav Matis uncovers a hidden Rosh haShana. In the process, Rav Matis illuminates some of the most pivotal concepts of Torah philosophy, bringing clarity to complexity.

A relevant and sensitive examination of our anxious ambivalence towards the Days of Awe, this volume of Patterns in Time traces a surprising interplay of shifting forces at work in Din, examining Evil and Justice in time and beyond time. It uncovers the fundamental relationships of Din and humor; Malchus and memory; Being and Becoming; Akeida and laughter - intergrating them within the intricate tapestry of Rosh haShana.

With penetrating scholarship and without over-abstraction, the book establishes Rosh haShana as the focal point of Creation and the core of the Jewish vision of time and mo'ed, tracing the implications of Malchuyos, Zichronos,and Shofaros from the first Rosh haShana to Creation's consumations; from the first coronation to the return of the King.