
Elul: Opening the Gates
Certain times during the year speak to a person but Elul, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, & Hoshana Rabbah lure every Jew. The entire basis of the year is established during this...
Sep 13, 2011
By Shira Smiles

How Does Elul Prepare Us?
What about the month of Elul makes it a key to preparing for Rosh Hashanah? What does it mean that Elul a time of love? Why is “Ani L’Dodi V’Dodi Li” so...
Sep 6, 2011
By Shira Smiles

Honest to G-d Program: Infusing our Lives with Integrity
Kosher Money: There are 2 types of teshuva: everyday teshuva, correcting the specific wrongs committed and Yom Kippur Teshuva, a global redefining of who we are. How do we accomplish this?
Sep 1, 2011
By Rabbi Cary Friedman

The Power of Forgiveness: A True Story from the...
adapted for this series from Rabbi Yaacov Haber’s “REACHINGS” A true story from the Six Day War: Many areas of Jerusalem were being shelled, including Mea Shearim, which contained a number...
Jul 19, 2011
By Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Laws and Traditions of the Nine Days
With Rosh Chodesh Av, the more intense period of mourning for the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, known as The Nine Days, begins. “As Av enters, we diminish our joy”. This...
Jul 19, 2011
By OU Staff

Rosh Chodesh Av: What Do We Do?
Do we say Hallel on Rosh Chodesh Av? Yes, we do. But the question is not a silly one. The festive flavor usually associated with Rosh Chodesh is hardly in evidence....
Jul 19, 2011
By OU Staff

The Haftarah of Shabbat Chazon
The Shabbat before Tisha B’Av, is called Shabbat Chazon – the Shabbat of foretelling – as we read the Haftara portion from the prophecy of Isaiah (1:1-27), as the final of...
Jul 19, 2011
By OU Staff

Tisha B’Av: The Haftarot of Consolation
On the Shabbos immediately after Tisha B’Av, we read the haftarah of “Nachamu, Nachamu” from Yeshayahu. Each consecutive Shabbos, until Rosh Hashanah, we read another selection from Yeshayahu, in which the...
Jul 19, 2011
By OU Staff

The Third “Beit HaMikdash,” Tisha B’Av, and the Birthday...
The “Beit HaMikdash” of the “Mashiach” According to Jewish Tradition, the Mashiach is born on Tisha B’Av. According to the RAMBAM, it is the Mashiach who will lead the Jewish People...
Jul 19, 2011
By OU Staff

The Sanctity of Time
The sanctity of time as it relates to 4 times on the Jewish calendar: chol, Rosh Chodesh, Shabbos, and Yom Tov. The lesson we learn from Rosh Chodesh. The latest episode...
May 19, 2011
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
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- Lag BaOmer
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- Purim
- Rosh Hashanah
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- Shushan Purim
- Simchat Torah
- Sukkot
- The Three Weeks
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- Yom HaAtzmaut
- Yom HaShoah
- Yom Hazikaron
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- Yom Yerushalayim

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