Yom Kippur 217 articles

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Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year is also the happiest day of the year for on it all of our sins are forgiven. This fast day is spent davening and praying that G-d forgive all our sins. It marks the day that Moshe came down from Har Sinai with the Second Luchot and Hashem forgave the Jewish people for the sin of the Golden Calf

Yom Kippur: Honing Honesty
Yom Kippur: Honing Honesty
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein In the Viduy/Confession that is part of our Yom Kippur liturgy we pray to be forgiven for our sins of כחש וכזב/denial and false...
Sep 12, 2023
By Shira Smiles
Three Fasts Before Bas or Bar Mitzvah
Three Fasts Before Bas or Bar Mitzvah
There is a well known minhag (custom) for minors to fast three fast days prior to reaching the age of majority (beginning of the thirteenth year for a female; beginning of...
Jul 3, 2023
By Daniel Adler
Va’ani ​B’chasdecha ​Batachti
Va’ani ​B’chasdecha ​Batachti
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel
Torah Yerushalayim Keynote
Torah Yerushalayim Keynote
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rabbi Meir Goldwicht
Maximizing the Yom Kippur Experience
Maximizing the Yom Kippur Experience
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By OU Israel
Teshuva: Becoming What You Already Are
Teshuva: Becoming What You Already Are
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Teshuva Alone or Teshuva Together
Teshuva Alone or Teshuva Together
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
The Halachic Status of Erev Yom Kippur – המעמד ההלכתי של ערב יום כיפור
The Halachic Status of Erev Yom Kippur – המעמד...
A halachic (“lomdishe”) analysis. Summarized in “Before Hashem You Shall Be Purified: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on the Days of Awe” (Ohr Publishing, 2022), pp. 63-69. With English and Hebrew Subtitles...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
The Emotional Experience of Erev Yom Kippur – החוויה הרגשית של ערב יום כיפור
The Emotional Experience of Erev Yom Kippur – החוויה...
From the 1976 Teshuva Drasha. Summarized in expanded edition of “Before Hashem You Shall Be Purified: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on the Days of Awe” (Ohr Publishing, 2022), pages 61-63. With...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
The Bnei Yissaschar Reveals the Nuclear Energy of Yom HaKippurim
The Bnei Yissaschar Reveals the Nuclear Energy of Yom...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Oct 3, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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