Parashas Nitzavim

"See - I have placed before you today the life and the good, and the death and the evil - and you shall choose life'' (Deuteronomy 30:15,19).

      Why did Moses stress that he was placing these choices before the people today?

      Perhaps this word's message is that each and every day of our lives, the same choices Moses described stand before us to be confronted anew. Certainly someone whose behavior has been improper until now is obligated to choose the path of good for the future. But even someone who has already chosen that path and remained firmly on it may not rely on his past performance to guarantee that he will continue to do good, and must make his choice afresh today and every day, because every day the path of evil and death also stands before him. Every day, therefore, he must once again consciously choose the good.

Excerpt from Darash Moshe, by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein