The Chazon Ish
Rav Avraham Pollak, zt”l, the Mashgiach of Slabodka, once asked the Chazon Ish, zt”l, “Why do we go through the process of doing Teshuvah in Elul and during the Yomim Nora’im? When Cheshvan comes around, we will be back to our old selves again!” The Chazon Ish answered, “It’s all worthwhile for a few days of closeness to Hashem!”
Reprinted from the Rosh Hashanah 5785 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.