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“We work and get reward and they work and do not get reward?” This statement, said when one completes a Talmudic tractate, articulates a fundamental difference between a “religious” approach to life and a “secular…
“In a place where ba’alei teshuva stand there, not even the fully righteous can stand” (Brachot 34b). This teaching is generally understood to mean that penitents are on a higher level than the fully righteous. The underlying…
Man has a tremendous capacity for self-deception. We easily see faults in others; somehow, we miss them in ourselves. Teshuva, repentance, can begin only when we are honest with ourselves and admit that we have made mistakes. While we…
The Yamim Noraim of the year 70 must have been quite traumatic. The Temple had been destroyed less than two months earlier and thousands lay dead, with many others exiled. Never in anyone’s lifetime had there been such a disruption to the…
Thursday September 17
8:30pm Eastern TimeShofar and Shabbat: The Sounds of Silence
Thursday September 24
8:30pm Eastern TimeYom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva
Thursday October 1
8:30pm Eastern TimeSukkot: The Sounds of Joy
Thursday October 8…
September 23: A Guide to the Machzor: Explorating the Central Motifs of the Yom Kippur Mussaf Service.
September 30: The Spiritual Journey of Hoshanot
October 7: Prayer for Rain
Monday, September 7
11:00 am Eastern timeKol Nidrei and Tefillot Yom Kippur
Monday, September 14
11:00 am Eastern timeThe Kohen Gadol Drama
Monday, September 21
11:00 am Eastern timeThe Finality of Ne'ilah
“It was on the next day…” (Shemot 18:13).
Apparently, something of significance had happened on the previous day, yet the Torah makes no mention of it. The day, that special day that needs no mention, can be none other than Yom Kippur (Rashi).
And…
Our society worships greatness. Whether it be athletes, rock stars, actors or successful business leaders, they are showered with wealth and adulation and pampered wherever they go. People pay great sums of money to be in the presence of, or acquire…