Sublime

The Feast of Trumpets is also known as Rosh Hashanah,

At this time, a trumpet isn’t made of brass; it’s made of a ram’s horn and is typically known as a shofar.

Imrei Yaakov (note 10) suggests that the obligation to accompany the animal

The sound of the shofar during the High Holy Days is meant to cut through the web of routine, rationalization, and indulgence; to wake up people and get them to take themselves and their actions as seriously as they deserve.

"Whatever Hashem does is for the very best" (Berachos 60b).

When you judge someone favorably, the Hasidic master Rebbe Nahman of Bratzlav (1772–1810) teaches, you elevate them and bring out the best that they are capable of being.

How wise the Rabbis were: law on restricted greeting is really the law against rejoicing. Instead of a global, “You shall not rejoice,” which would be incomprehensible, they said, “You shall not do this little thing or make that small gesture.” I never knew how much pleasure there is in greeting a friend until the Rabbis forbade it on Tisha B’Av.

Giving tzedakah requires me to both curb my own greed and think about the needs of others. When I refrain from spreading rumors, I both suppress my urge to gossip and consider other people’s feelings and reputations. And were I to fully observe the Jewish dietary laws known as the kosher laws, I would have to restrain my appetite for certain animal