The new year and mitzvos is something we are faced with every year. After Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, we want to merit a new year of live and all good things. We have the Aseres Yimai Teshuva, the ten days of repentance, when we are meant to demonstrate in practice our commitments to be good.
What can we do in practice to merit a good new year? Actions – the need to better our mitzva performance is definitely an area that can be to our advantage. Positive and negative commandments from the 613 mitzvos are there for the taking. Taking one mitzva to focus on and simply analyse how you are approaching it now and what more can be done is the way to go! This itself can act as a reason to give us another year of life. The danger is not to take on too high a goal but take it up one level from what you were doing should be the target. The year itself is the testing ground to see how your commitment is carried out in practice. Keep strong to get the best results!