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A Rosh Hashana Prayer from Sderot
By Rabbi Avi Baumol
One of the most powerful prayers of the entire high holidays is found not before the sounding of the shofar of Rosh Hashana nor during the ‘al chet’ on Yom Hakippur, not even in the heartfelt prayer of U'netane tokef, rather it is a simple plea hidden during the time the Torah is taken out and brought to the bima...
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Space at the Wall
By Sarah Shapiro
Sibling rivalry is not just for siblings, and family’s not just the nuclear kind. Yesterday at 5 a.m., wanting some quality time alone with my Creator, the fact that the #2 to the Western Wall was packed full of my brethren didn’t seem like anything to celebrate, nor did the sight, when I stepped off the bus, of two long lines already at the turnstiles, waiting for the security check.
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Museum of You
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Rummaging through your basement is like going to the Museum of You. You can browse through artifacts from the different eras of your life, and see how you have evolved from a homo dependent, to a homo adolescent, (the stage at which you are still totally dependent, but think that you are independent) all the way to your current form of homo adultus...I recently had the pleasure of visiting my museum...
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Shemittat Kesafim: Reclaiming a Forgotten Mitzvah
By Allen Schwartz
Does the Torah take more of a socialist or a capitalist approach to society? In fact, it embraces aspects of both socialism and capitalism.
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Ki Tavo: Blinded by the Night
By Rabbi Asher Brander
Here's an unfortunate but fascinating halachic question: Does a blind woman (or man when relevant) light Shabbos candles with a bracha (blessing)? A look at the answer through a poignant and ambiguous verse tucked away in the rebuke of this week's parsha.
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Parshat Ki Tavo: Coming into our Own
By Mendel Jacobson
Of comings and goings. It is come – The purpose is come, the time is come, We have come: Coming is the difference between life and death: A being lives his entire life in a desert, a wilderness, Thinking the routines he knows are the reality that is, When in fact, the facades he sees, the products he Worships are nothing but smoke and mirrors, smoke Because they sure as ice ‘aint fire, mirrors because They reflect whatever image we wish to see.
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Praying At The Wall
By Yehoshua Halevi
If you want to face yourself, face the Wall. If you want to see your life more clearly, come here and close your eyes.
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RRRUSH HaShana
By Brian Mailman
Let's try a two-step but still one-pan tongue-tingling savory-sweet Japanese-Meets-Bistro fusion dish that's easy'n'elegant...Chicken Honeyaki and Potage Crecy
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The Rosh Hashanah Seder
By Debby Segura
As Rosh Hashana approaches, the preparations begin...Getting clothes in order, setting up the seating chart at the synagogue, taking haircuts...my menus for the holidays. At the Rosh Hashana meal we eat foods that are symbolic of our wishes for the coming year.
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Rosh Hashana: Recipes Beneath the Apple Tree
By Chef Yochanan Lambiase
Why do we specifically dip an apple in honey on Rosh Hashanah? One of the primary reasons why we use an apple is because of its sweetness. Coupled with the added sweetness of the honey, it is symbolic of the ultra-sweet year we hope God will grant us...but why not, say, a peach or a mango dipped in honey?
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Make Ahead Meals for Rosh Hashana
By Ronnie Fein
The High Holidays carry an air of solemnity, but it is also a happy, hopeful time...a time to rejoice, and to eat rich foods and drink sweet beverages...Recipes for carrot soup, orange and honey hens, lemon roasted asparagus and apple-cranberry brown betty...
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