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Top 4 Ways to Teach Your Kids How to...
Knowing how to pray is probably one of the most essential tools that a Jew needs to live his life in a meaningful way. It is through prayer that we connect...
Sep 15, 2016
By Adina Soclof
Top 5 Ways to Make Your Fast Easier
Here are some quick tips to make your fast a bit more bearable: 1. The day before the fast begins, take frequent drinks of water. 2. Eat a balanced meal before the fast....
Aug 8, 2016
By OU Staff
Is Everything Forgivable?
Is Everything Forgivable?
“No matter how many times I attempt to apologize, it will never be enough. There are simply no words available to sufficiently assuage the hurt that I caused among conversion candidates,...
Sep 16, 2015
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
The 8 Item Repentance Checklist
The 8 Item Repentance Checklist
Can you check off these items? If not, which one will you strengthen?   The purpose of this checklist is to focus your attention to areas you may want to improve....
Sep 16, 2015
By Yaakov Weiland
Breaking the Fast with a Fast Trip Across the Street, Chicago Style
Breaking the Fast with a Fast Trip Across the...
You think you have a big crowd coming to your house to break the Yom Kippur fast? Not compared to my friend Marsha, you don’t. This September, Marsha and her husband,...
Sep 7, 2015
By Norene Gilletz
Kreplach Time: Recipe for Erev Yom Kippur
Kreplach Time: Recipe for Erev Yom Kippur
What’s for lunch? Kreplach are on the menu this Friday. A traditional food before Yom Kippur, kreplach are meat-filled dough dumplings served in soup that can provide the necessary carbohydrates and...
Oct 1, 2014
By Shirit Gold
Make Judgement Day Powerful: 6 Real-Life Lessons From Trips to the Courtroom
Make Judgement Day Powerful: 6 Real-Life Lessons From Trips...
The parallels are strikingly evident.
Sep 13, 2012
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Circles of Change
Circles of Change
This article first appeared in The Jewish Press on September 27, 2011 and has been reprinted with permission. It was the kind of event I attend frequently these days, and I...
Oct 2, 2011
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
The Memorial Prayer Service: Yizkor
The Memorial Prayer Service: Yizkor
Yizkor is the memorial service recited for deceased parents and other relatives at several points throughout the year. The name of the prayer means “May He remember” (“He” being God and...
Oct 2, 2011
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Re’eh: Teshuvah
Re’eh: Teshuvah
The day specifically mentioned in the Torah as the day of atonement is the tenth of Tishrei, Yom Kippur, but the entire ten days from Rosh HaShana until Yom Kippur are...
Aug 25, 2011
By Asher Meir

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