1/ From Rabbi Emily Segal - "there is a Jewish tradition that those who die just before Rosh Hashanah are extraordinarily righteous & truly precious to God. We are taught that each Rosh Hashanah it is written who will live and who will die in the year to come... @caffeinatedrav
2/ "So last Rosh Hashanah, it was determined that RBG would die before this next year came to be...God did not want to let this precious, righteous person go... " #RIPRBG #RoshHashanah @caffeinatedrav
3/ "God wanted to cling on to every second of having this person on earth. But, God is God... and God knows that this person's name is not written in the Book of Life for the year to come...So God waits until the very last possible moment of the year... @caffeinatedrav
4/ "on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, to allow the Angel of Death to descend. And finally, that truly righteous person breathes her last breath and her soul departs.” (as beautifully explained by my colleague Rabbi Emily Segal) End @caffeinatedrav
5/ This teaching is from the Talmud. Many of us don't believe in a literal "Book of Life" - but our Torah is written by the way we live. This, I believe is true. RBG had a full Torah - she had justice at her center. I am so grateful. #RBGForever
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