ROSH HASHANAH PARABLE 4:    SOUL SEARCHING This simple but highly suggestive parable was spoken by the Maggid of Dubno in relation to the need for self-examination. A prince assigned to a group of workmen the gigantic project of constructing imposing buildings and a spacious palace, among other edifices. Before turning the completed structures over to their owner, they carefully inspected every nook and cranny to make certain that nothing was overlooked and that the prince would find nothing lacking. At this solemn season it is fitting for us too to search our ways and to take stock of our behavior. On Rosh Hashanah it is incumbent upon us to inquire into and evaluate in retrospect our dealings during the past year so that we may repent lest God find that our performance was incomplete. Introduction to Parables  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5   |  6 TISHREI Table of Contents