He said, "My Rosh Hashanah is above everything. And what has been a wonder to me is that if my followers believe me then why are not all of my followers heedful that they should all be [present] on Rosh Hashanah; no man should be missing! For, my whole thing is Rosh Hashanah." And he ordered to make an announcement that whoever turns to his sound and follows him should be at Rosh Hashanah by him, no man missing. And whoever is privileged to be at Rosh Hashanah is entitled to be very, very happy; "Ikhlu [ma`adanim] ushthu mamthakim... ki chedhvath Hashem hi ma`uzekhem/Eat [delicacies] and drink the sweet... for the joy of Hashem is your strength" [Neh. 8:10] — this refers to Rosh Hashanah.
(א) אָמַר, הָרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁלִּי עוֹלֶה עַל הַכֹּל. וְהָיָה פֶּלֶא אֶצְלִי מֵאַחַר שֶׁהַמְּקֹרָבִים שֶׁלִּי מַאֲמִינִים לִי, וְלָמָּה לֹא יִזָּהֲרוּ כָּל הָאֲנָשִׁים הַמְקֹרָבִים אֵלַי שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כֻּלָּם עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה אִישׁ לֹא יֵעָדֵר. כִּי כָּל עִנְיָן שֶׁלִּי הוּא רַק רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה. וְהִזְהִיר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּרוּז שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁסָּר אֶל מִשְׁמַעְתּוֹ וּמְקֹרָב אֵלָיו יִהְיֶה עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה אֶצְלוֹ, לֹא יֶחְסַר אִישׁ. וּמִי שֶׁזּוֹכֶה לִהְיוֹת עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה רָאוּי לוֹ לִשְׂמֹחַ מְאֹד מְאֹד. "אִכְלוּ מַעֲדַנִּים וּשְׁתוּ מַמְתַקִּים כִּי חֶדְוַת ה' הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם" (נְחֶמְיָה ח), וְזֶה נֶאֱמַר עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה:
He said, "My Rosh Hashanah is above everything. And what has been a wonder to me is that if my followers believe me then why are not all of my followers heedful that they should all be [present] on Rosh Hashanah; no man should be missing! For, my whole thing is Rosh Hashanah." And he ordered to make an announcement that whoever turns to his sound and follows him should be at Rosh Hashanah by him, no man missing. And whoever is privileged to be at Rosh Hashanah is entitled to be very, very happy; "Ikhlu [ma`adanim] ushthu mamthakim... ki chedhvath Hashem hi ma`uzekhem/Eat [delicacies] and drink the sweet... for the joy of Hashem is your strength" [Neh. 8:10] — this refers to Rosh Hashanah.