Reply To: What is The Lesson Here?

well

ive been that guy being annoyed by the kid

and ive shushed him too

heres what im thinking:

when it comes to me, my shushing was really not directed at the child

i was thinking, directed to the father:

“how inconsiderate of you!

you bring a child, for YOUR benefit, to the Bais Kneses, and you dont care if he disrupts the davening of the entire Shul (meaning me!)

well you have no right.

im angry….shush, shush.”

so here is the person in this story (if he is like me)

speaking directly to the Ribbono Shel Olom

on a most Holy day

and what is he doing:

1. ignoring the Ribbono Shel Olam

2. ignoring Him to nurse his anger

3. JUDGING his fellow Yid, at the very moment he stands before the Bais Din Shel Maila

4. and judging him NEGATIVELY, to boot!

heres a quote from the story:

“don’t decide for yourself what Rosh Hashana is all about. Submit yourself to what the King of all Kings decides is your particular avodah.”

i think that means that at the time the Ribbono Shel Olam has commanded him to appear before him, he must ignore all else, though it’s hard, and make every effort to do this, not to follow his own sense of right and wrong and worry about the behavior of others.

something like that.

but i think smalltowngirl had a better pshat