About Work Restrictions
All Jewish holidays and observances, with the exception of some fasts, begin on the evening previous to the first day. Except as noted, all require special additional prayers and services are...
Four Rosh HaShanahs
Although we are all familiar with the Rosh HaShanah, the “Head of the Year,” which occurs in the Fall, there are actually four Rosh HaShanah’s which define, to an extent, the...
The Ten Days of Repentance: 2 Types of Teshuva
Although the mitzva of teshuva (repentance) is of a universal nature, and therefore not limited to any specific time period, the ten days from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur are singled...
The Shofar of Elul and the Days of Awe
We did not blow the Shofar on the last day of Elul, the morning before Rosh HaShanah, in order to “confuse the Satan.” Perhaps this means that the Satan would think...
Eating Symbolic Foods
The Gemora in the tractate of Kerisus (6a) states “Abaye said ‘Now that you have said that an omen is significant, at the beginning of each year, each person should accustom...
The Shofar: A Wake-Up Call
We find that when the Torah speaks of Rosh HaShana, it tells us “Yom Teru’ah yih’yeh lachem”, “a day of teruah (sounding the horn) should be to you”. Although the verses...
Judgement: The Epitome of G-d’s Kindness
The meaning of the words Rosh HaShana literally is “Head (beginning) of the year.” However, this holiday carries much more significance than merely being the day on which a new calendar...
Yom Tru’ah & Zichron Tru’ah: Rosh HaShanah in the...
This shiur provided courtesy of The Tanach Study Center In memory of Rabbi Abraham Leibtag To our surprise, the holiday that we call Rosh Hashana is never referred to as such...
The Structure of Tekiyot
The Ramban in his “Drasha le-Rosh Hashanah” recounts a certain episode which occurred during the life of his rebbe, Rav Natan (of Trinquetaille, the 13th century Talmudist). Evidently, when the latter...
Day of Joy – Day of Judgment
Rosh Hashana appears twice in the Torah: first in Vayikra 23:24 – “…In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a remembrance of...
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