Tefillat Musaf Rosh Hashana
A discussion of the structure of the Mussaf for Rosh Hashanah which includes 3 themes: malchuyot, zichronot, and shofarot.
Rosh HaShanah on Shabbos: Good for the Jews?
Years when Rosh HaShanah is on Shabbos are historically very good or very bad for us. It depends whether we kept Shabbos and it can advocate for us. Recorded September 19,...
Articles for Elul by Rabbi Yaakov Luban
Short stories for the Days of Awe The Pendulum A Story for the Days of Awe Changing Perspectives The Grand Slam If you received e-mail from an angel, would you heed…The...
A Spark of Teshuva for Rosh HaShanah
A spark of teshuva for Rosh HaShana. A story about one of the survivors of the 1929 Hebron massacre who ran away from it all and abandoned Israel, only to have...
Rosh Hashana 5767: Understanding Choice
A discussion of the following ideas: “Naseh Adam”, choosing can only be for the good, Rosh Hashanah and Teshuva from fear vs. Yom Kippur and Teshuva from love, eternal life and...
Requests on Shabbat and Rosh Hashana
The Yerushalmi Talmud rules that one is prohibited from making personal requests from God on Shabbat…but it should be permitted for us to make requests from God at the end of...
What is the Shofar?
The Shofar is a ram’s horn, which is blown throughout the month of Elul and on Rosh HaShanah. Its sound is meant to arouse us to do Teshuvah. The Shofar also...
The First Rosh HaShanah
On the 25th day of Elul the world came into being (Midrash – Jewish Lore). Adam, the First Man, and Chava, the First Woman, were created on the last of the...
Stories from the Talmud about Repentance
“Midrashim” about “Teshuvah,” Repentance “Midrashim” are stories and ideas from sections of the Talmud not dealing directly with aspects of Jewish Law. The stories are either true stories about famous or...
What are Sin and Repentance?
“Sin” or “Chet” in Hebrew, means “failure in our relationship with HaShem (G-d).” Our goal should be to continually move closer to G-d, But “chet” is behavior which causes us to...
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