Rosh Hashanah

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A Different Voice? Women and Shofar in a Time of Pandemic

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

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The Sounds of Tishrei

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  Thursday September 17   8:30pm Eastern Time Shofar and Shabbat: The Sounds of Silence  Thursday September 24 8:30pm Eastern Time Yom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva   Thursday October 1 8:30pm Eastern Time Sukkot: The…
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Elul: Month of Fear or of Love? (Part 1)

Rabbi Alex Israel

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Aseret Yemi Teshuva: I Confess

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Integral to the teshuva process is the act of vidui, confession. One can intellectually know one has done something wrong; one can even feel terrible about it. But unless and until one verbalizes that one has sinned—and for sins against…
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Rosh Hashanah: Early, Late or Just Right

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And on the seventh month on the first day of the month, it shall be a day of rest. It is a sacred day for remembrance and blowing" (Vayikra 23:24). What the Torah calls a day of blowing (of the ram's horn) is more commonly known as Rosh…
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Lifnei Hashem Titaharu: Tevila and Teshuva for Women

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

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Yom Kippur: Welcoming the Evil Inclination

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“For the sin that we sinned before you with the evil inclination”.  The double alphabetic acrostic of the al chet lists a wide range of areas in which we have not lived up to our potential. Misuse of speech, lack of…
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Let's Listen To Some Lashon Hara

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: the majority [of people sin] regarding theft, a minority regarding adultery, and all with lashon hara” (Bava Batra 165a).   Not surprisingly, these three sins make up a significant…
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Musings on the Machzor - Part 3

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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Musings on the Machzor - Part 2

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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