Rav Soloveitchik: Pre-Selichot Shiur 1968 – Part 1
The essence of Rosh Hashanah is the 3 themes we recite in Mussaf – malchuyot, zichronot, & shofarot. Rav Soloveitchik discusses the structure of Mussaf. Delivered in Boston, September 14th, 1968....
Rav Soloveitchik: Rosh Hashana Philosophy – Part 2
L’David Mizmor. Malchuyot, zichronot, and shofarot in mussaf don’t only express the essence of Rosh Hashanah but the essence and philosophy of Judaism itself. Delivered September 15th, 1970. For part 1 click here....
Rav Soloveitchik: Rosh Hashana Philosophy – Part 1
L’David Mizmor. Malchuyot, zichronot, and shofarot in mussaf don’t only express the essence of Rosh Hashanah but the essence and philosophy of Judaism itself. Delivered September 15th, 1970. For part 2 click...
Rav Soloveitchik: Inyanei Rosh Hashana & Erev Rosh Hashana...
Rav Soloveitchik discusses Rosh Hashanah, the mitzvah of Teshuva as presented by the Rambam in the Mishna Torah, and how teshuva (repentance) works. For part 1 click here. For part 2 click here.
Rav Soloveitchik: Inyanei Rosh Hashana & Erev Rosh Hashana...
Rav Soloveitchik discusses the nature of the mitzvah of tekiat shofar on Rosh Hashana & the Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuva including things which prevent teshuva. For part 1 click here. For part...
Rav Soloveitchik: Inyanei Rosh Hashana & Erev Rosh Hashana...
Rav Soloveitchik discusses the nature of the mitzvah of shofar on Rosh Hashana and the tekiyot d’meyushav vs. tekiyot d’meumad. Delivered in Boston, 1969. For part 2 click here. For part 3...
The Duality of Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashanah is not mentioned as a day of judgement in the Torah (the Rambam’s Hilchot Shofar follows this pattern as well). The Torah only discusses the mitzvah to blow the...
Judgment on Rosh HaShanah: Analysis of Content and Process...
Twenty five years ago, the Orthodox Union (in conjunction with Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim) published a journal entitled, Jewish Thought: A Journal of Torah Scholarship, edited by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Sosevsky. This...
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Rosh Hashanah 5776: Additions to Shemoneh Esrei
From Rosh Hashanah through the Aseret Yemei Teshuva and Yom Kippur we make several changes and additions to the Shemoneh Esrei. Rabbi Bernstein discusses these changes and additions.
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