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Pondering the Passuk: Turning The Tables on Satan |
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Written by Heshie HaGibbor
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 The Shofar, represents the pointing finger, or horn as it were, of the Satan, the Ayil Achar Ne'echaz bazvach b'karnav - the ram that was caught in the thicket by
its horns at the Akeida of Yitzchak (Genesis 22:13).
The word "Achar", which appears to be an extra word, actually refers to the Sitra Achra, another name for the Satan.
When a ram attacks another animal, it takes all of its force and focuses it from the back of its horn, the wider part, through the horns and then forward and outward from the tip, the narrowest point.
When the Satan points his accusing finger or horn at us, we in turn take the holy breath that Hashem blew into us, vayipach b'apaov nishmas chaim (Genesis 2:7), and blow it into the pointed end of the shofar, blowing it backwards into the horn of the Satan, reversing his accusations, and giving him a huge headache, and thereby confusing him. This prevents him from thinking clearly and from pointing his accusing "horn" at us during the times of judgment. Turning the tables on him, so to speak.
Without an accuser, we have an open path for our Teshuva to reach Hashem.
Heshie HaGibbor
Copyright© 2009, Heshie Klein, MD
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An afterthought - this is truly Olam Hafach , . . . and . . . V'Nahafoch Hu!
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