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• Basic Questions and Answers about Selichot

• Three Levels of Forgiveness

• The Principal Ingredient of All Selichot

• Brief Explanation of the "Thirteen Attributes"

• Who Should Lead the Selichot Prayers?

• Rosh Chodesh Elul

• What is Elul?

• What are Sin and Repentance?

• The Four Steps of Repentance

• Stories from the Talmud about Repentance

• Stories from the Talmud about People who Repented

• Rabbi Akiva, Master of Teshuvah

• Resh Lakish, the Reformed Bandit

• The First Rosh HaShanah

• The Sin of The Golden Calf and Forgiveness
  The History of Elul

• Preparation For Judgment

• What is the Shofar?

• Arise From Your Slumber
  The Rambam's Explanation of Sounding the Shofar

• Your Elul-Teshuvah Alarm Clock

• Conclusion and Summation

Jewish Optimism: Eternal Words with Contemporary Echoes
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

Do You Know Where You Are Going?
The Angel’s Deception
The Pendulum
An E-Mail from Hashem
The Merry – Go – Round
The Grand Slam
Changing Perspectives - A Short Story
The Heavenly Call
A Story for the Days of Awe
Rabbi Yaakov Luban

Making a Plan for your Life
Aish HaTorah

OU Torah Dimensions Classes
• The Power of Teshuva Audio Series
• More from the OU Torah Dimensions Library

Rabbi Yaacov Haber
• The Teshuva Series
A collection of audio and text teachings
from the OU's Director of Jewish Education
• A New World
• A Clean Slate
• How does the Ribbono Shel Olam Judge Us?

Savannah Kollel Torah Insights
Rabbi Yosef Edelstein
• Teshuva and the Yetzer Hara
• The First Day of Elul
• More Helpful Advice
• Returning to the Source

Essays from Project Genesis
• Elul - A Month of Preparation
• The Month of Elul - Its Customs
• Elul - An Opportunity Not To Be Missed

Audio Classes
 
Knowing Yourself To Perform Teshuvah
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Given in Efrat, Israel for the NCSY Summer Kollel for Boys, 5760 - 2000

Sephardic Liturgy for Elul
by Rabbi Yosef Dweck

The Month of Elul
by Rabbi Aron Tendler

Elul - Setting The Pace for Yomim Noraim
by Rabbi Zev Leff

Elul - How To Finish Off The Year
by Rabbi Zev Leff

Elul - Trust In HaShem
by Rabbi Shaya Cohen

Klal Yisrael - A Light Unto The Nations
by R' A. Blumenkrantz

LeDavid HaShem Ori
by Rabbi Baruch Gradon

Selichot
by The Rav (Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik ZT"L)

Video Classes

Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Teshuva for the Community
56k | 256k

Rabbi Yaakov Gibber
Attitudes and Commitments for Elul
56k | 256K

Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg
The Sound of the Shofar
56k | 256k

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