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Many learn that “חג הסוכות תעשה” is an implicit blessing, if you perform the mitzvah of ישיבת סוכה, you will merit to perform it next year as well. Why is the mitzvah...

Rav Achai Gaon and Rebbi Akiva died on Yom Kippur. Why does Yom Kippur conclude with “ה’ הוא האלוקים”? Why does the parsha of Yom Kippur say what to do and...

 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein Among the sins that we ask Hashem for forgiveness on Yom Kippur are “the sins that we committed before You bli daat/without knowledge.”...

The Zohar says that Yom HaKippurim is like Purim. How are these two seemingly polar opposite days similar? Mar berei D’Ravina fasted all year except for 3 days, Erev Yom Kippur,...

Why is Elul alluded to in מגילת אסתר in the context of משלוח מנות?  Why does  Nechemiah specifically tell the nation to send מנות to those who don’t have on Rosh...

The minhag was that everybody fasted on Erev Rosh Hashana and to wake up early before dawn to daven selichot. Why? If someone does teshuva one day a year it’s as...

Unlike other two-day Yomim Tovim, Rosh Hashana is halachically viewed as one long day. What is the deeper significance? Yom Kippur is the one day of the year when the Satan...

All disagreements in life result from poorly-defined expectations. The Chofetz Chaim discusses faith within halacha in the context of partnerships with non-Jews and Shabbos.  His discussion of the importance of Torah...

 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein We all know that Hashem commanded us to hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The basic number of sounds...

The Rambam writes in eight places that the mitzvah is to listen, not to blow the shofar. The Semag, Sheiltot, and Rosh hold that the mitzvah is to blow the shofar....