Doing Teshuva Effectively 1: Ethical and Moral Perspectives
In our generation, we have the ability to be aware of everything that is going on in the world, the challenge is the concept of “nosei b’ol im chaveiro” Watch Part...
Rebuilding the Head-Heart Continuum
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur differ from the other Yomim Tovim. How do they relate to the other holidays – the shalosh regalim? Rosh Hashana’s connection to the sin of Adam...
The 13 Midot of Rachamim
This shiur provided courtesy of The Tanach Study Center In memory of Rabbi Abraham Leibtag Our recitation of the thirteen ‘middot ha-rachamim’ is certainly the focal...
Shehechiyanu on Yom Kippur: Sleepless Sermon
Why do we recite the joyous bracha of shehechiyanu on Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the year, and why do we say it immediately following Kol Nidrei?
Yom Kippur: The Greatest Day of Eternity
Rosh Hashanah is when Hashem weighs our good & bad deeds to determine our fate for the year. It should be after Yom Kippur when are sins have been forgiven. Shiur...
Eliyahu and Yonah: Yom Kippur 5774
Yonah is revived by Eliyahu and takes on his personality traits. The similar character traits of and parallels between Eliyahu and Yonah ben Amitai.
The Teshuva for Mechirat Yosef: Teshuva Drasha 5774
L’zecher nishmat Shalom ben Yisrael Aumann. The Rambam says that the first step in teshuva is to verbalize one’s wrongdoings. How the story of Yosef and his brothers parallels and as a...
Hilchos Yom Tov
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Yom Tov. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah,...
Yom Kippur: All Time
The Rambam says Yom Kippur is “the edge” of teshuva “for all”. What does he mean by “for all”? At the beginning of hilchot teshuva, he says teshuva doesn’t have a specific...
Cleansing the Cosmos
The Torah uses “kapara” and “tahara” to describe Yom Kippur. It doesn’t use selicha or mechila. What is the process that begins on Rosh Hashanah that culminates on Yom Kippur with...
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