Who is not afraid of the Lion?
The Holy One, Blessed be He, strikes in all places—on land, in tornadoes, in high-rise buildings, in the air... sandstorms, earthquakes, global crises, heavy snows, floods... "And the living shall take it to heart" (Kohelet 7:2)—Sir, wake up! Repent, know what lies before you! See, Elul has arrived, now is the time.
"A lion has roared, who will not fear?"
The word Aryeh (Lion - אריה) is an acronym:
Aleph - Elul
Reish - Rosh Hashanah
Yod - Yom Kippur
Hei - Hoshana Rabbah
Who will not fear? These days are roaring... roaring that one must return in complete repentance, so that a person may truly merit a blessed year, a good year...
A person should reflect and pay attention to what happened this year. Look at the Meron disaster (April 30, 2021, 18 Iyar 5781)... 45 young people... at the site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai... the collapse of a grandstand (in a Karlin Stolin Hasidic synagogue)... buildings collapsing in Miami... Woe to us...
The Holy One, Blessed be He, strikes in all places—on land, in tornadoes, in high-rise buildings, in the air... sandstorms, earthquakes, global crises, heavy snows, floods... "And the living shall take it to heart" (Kohelet 7:2)—Sir, wake up! Repent, know what lies before you! See, Elul has arrived, now is the time.
May we all, and all our brothers in Israel, merit to be inscribed and sealed for a good year.