Yet it is precisely the structure of law that defines boundaries and allows humans to live among one another. The origin of legal authority and its best validation is the model of Divine authority. For this reason, civil authorities like kings would often head the Church too. They were aware that their acceptance of G-d's authority made it more logical for citizens to accept their's. They will also become rather hard to live with.
Humans are by nature reluctant to submit themselves to a higher authority.
Showing how treasured human moments like laughter depend on that submission, helps persuade us that civilization depends upon allowing G-d to judge us. That is the paramount message of the High Holy Days and accounts for its laughter motif. It also accounts for why traditionally Orthodox synagogues eschew solemnity and somberness and instead, fill the High Holy Days with laughter and joyful celebration. JWR contributor and radio talk show host, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, is the president of the national organization, Toward Tradition, projecting a comprehensive socio-political vision of moral and economic unity based on the Word of He who is the source of all Unity. Lapin's book America's Real War is a 1999 best seller.