Sleepless Sermon: Rosh Hashana 5769 - Yehoshua, Achan, and Aleinu - Jewish Holidays

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The tefillah of aleinu as the introduction to the Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah, it’s composers, Yehoshua and Achan, and its lesson for us.

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