Embark on a journey of Jewish learning and discovery, exploring the depth of our Rosh Hashanah/ Yom Kippur resources, where tagged items including audio, programs, and podcast episodes await your exploration.
This series has been sponsored by Sharon and Marty Goldberg in honour of the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tamar, to Benjamin Miller on August 29th IY"H. With great love and respect for Tamar and Benjamin.
Thursday, August 19
Caravaggio,…
Innovative but clearly based upon classic sources, Rav Kook revamps our view of Teshuva to be positive and motivating, not depressing. The common misconception is based upon the mistranslation "Repentance from sin", instead of "Return from mistakes…
After our successful series: "Re-experiencing the Rav's Yom Kippur", and "Re-experiencing the Rav's Pesach" Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler, a close student and personal shamash of Rav Soloveitchick will explore the Rav's thoughts on Rosh HaShana.
Prior…
“Ezra enacted for the Jewish people that they should read the curses that are recorded in Vayikra before Shavuot and [the curses] of Devarim before Rosh Hashanah. What is the reason? Abaye, and some say…
“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…