On Rosh Hashanah, unlike other holidays, the Torah readings and haftara selections do not directly relate to the day’s theme. On Pesach, for example, we read from the Torah the narratives of the Exodus and the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, and the haftarot generally relate either to the observance of Pesach, the future redemption, or, on the seventh day, the theme of shira (song of praise to God). And on Shavuot, the Torah reading is the narrative of the Revelation at Sinai, and for the haftara we read the first chapter of Yechezkel, which describes