Sometimes in life, there are situations that we would prefer not to deal with.
Maybe it's a problem that we just can't come to terms with, or a habit which we can't seem to kick. It's tough to admit that we're less than perfect, that we need help.
An ostrich buries its head in the sand and hides, the dog that knows he did wrong in relieving himself on your carpet wimpers behind the easy chair trying to hide from his master in shame.
Why is it so difficult for us to admit what we do?
Ego, fear, feelings of inadequacy?
What drives us to hide and pretend it doesn’t exist or worse displace blame?
This nature is called the 'Cognitive Dissonance' which is a kind of protective covering that we build around ourselves in order to ward off information that we don't want to hear.
According to cognitive dissonance theory, we seek consistency among our beliefs. When there is dissonance between belief and behavior, we change something to eliminate the dissonance. We could change our behavior to accord with our beliefs, but usually, we change our attitude to accommodate our behavior. It's much less work.
It’s easier to accuse and reject the revealer (judge) of our behavior then it is to self reflect and admit and fix our problems being exposed.
During Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we involve ourselves in an introspective process to free ourselves of cognitive dissonance. This process is called the return to G-d (in Hebrew=Teshuva).
A reflection returning us to reality. Taking our heads out of the sand and taking us from our hiding from behind the couch to face our master.
Note/hint:
Last years Rosh Hashanah was a sign as it fell on Michaelemas during which we ran into the start of this current conflict-
G-d said to Abraham Abinu that the Shofar should be blown on Rosh Hashanah. Through this, whenever His people would sin, the Shofar would remind him of the Aqedah and He would forgive them.
Sepharadim blow during both the silent 'Amidah and the repetition and blow a total of one hundred and one calls (101 is the Gematria for Mikhael, Israel's guardian malakh).
In the parsha, the Torah spells out the dire results of collective Jewish "ostrich-ism." Ninety-eight curses -- each more chilling than the former. People who know about the Melchizedek scroll about the Jubilee year atonement on Yom Kippur which fell on the Judges celebration say of Michaelemas in 1998 and my warning in 98 about this hiding from Judgment -know what this reveals.
The Shofarot - Blasts of the Shofar is one of the 3 prayers on Rosh HaShanah
The Shofar will be blown during the final battles of Israel with its enemies.
It will be sounded when our Exiles return.
It will be sounded when the Temple will be rebuilt.
It is the sound signifying the Presence of the majesty of G-d.
We ask that it be sounded again with the arrival of the Mashiach.
Making the 101 Times it’s blown all the more significant.