A Jumble of Holidays
There’s an old joke in the Jewish community: The High Holidays are always either early or late; they’re never on time! Well, this year they’re late (Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown...
Sleepless Sermon: Yom Kippur 5769 – Appreciating the Here...
One of the messages of Yom Kippur is the reminder to appreciate the here and now, not to take life for granted.
The Tefilot of Yom Kippur
The connection between Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. The Tefilot of Yom Kippur focus on teshuva on a personal and on a national level.
Kinus Teshuva
Kinus Teshuva: Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld speaking at Congregation Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence, NY on Sunday, September 16, 2007. A discussion of the 4th chapter in the Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuva (laws of...
Yom Kippur: Taint and Tikkun
The ongoing taint and tikkun of the selling of Yosef and the Golden Calf. On Yom Kippur God ensures that negative actions and behaviors from the past year are as if they never...
Yom Kippur: Drop Your Bags and Jump
Why is Yom Kippur considered the happiest day of the year? Why is Kol Nidrei – an annulment of vows – said at the most powerful moment of the year, doesn’t it...
Sleepless Sermon: Yom Kippur 5768 – Or Zarua LaTzadik
Why do we begin Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur, the holiest day of year, with the verse of “or zarua latzadik ul’yishrei lev simcha”?
Yom Kippur – Shabbat Shabbaton: The Connection between Shabbat...
Yom kippur is referred to as Shabbat Shabbaton, a double Shabbat. What about Yom Kippur makes it a “double Shabbos”? How does this manifest itself? Shabbat Shabbaton – Thoughts on Shabbos...
Yom Kippur in Hebron
David Wilder, spokesman for The Committee of The Jewish Community of Hebron discusses Yom Kippur and stories related to Yom Kippur in Hebron. If you have questions or comments for David...
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...
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