Rosh Hashanah

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Yom Kippur: Seeking G-d

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Seek out G-d when He can be found, call upon Him when He is near” (Isaiah 55:6). Our Sages interpret this verse as referring to the Aseret Yemei Teshuva, the ten days of repentance, which begin on Rosh Hashanah and end with the conclusion of Yom…

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Oct 8, 2011

Preparing to Die, Learning to Live

Dear Sir, Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the upcoming High Holidays. You want to know why it is that people who have palpably little Jewish involvement for the other 362 days of the calendar bother to attend…

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Oct 5, 2011

Rosh Hashanah: From Fear to Hope

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the coronation of G-d as King of the universe. And having G-d as our King is worthy of celebration. Rosh Hashanah is referred to by the Mishnah as the “Yom Tov of Rosh Hashanah”, something not done for other holidays.…

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Sep 29, 2011

The Silence of Eternity

Dr. Elliott Malamet

Education, Mark Twain once quipped, consists mainly in what we have unlearned. For a great many Jews today, shul is a kind of ponderous opera, taking place in a foreign tongue, that they desperately wish to unlearn. Depending on the opera house in…

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Sep 25, 2011

Exotic Shofars: The Many Sounds of Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

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Sep 25, 2011

High Holiday Synagogue Blues

Rosh Hashanah, Day of Judgment, Book of Life and Death, flocks of sheep passing before the Creator. But the kids are saying, "Do we really have to go to synagogue? To sit for hours and be bored? To watch the parade of new fashions? To mumble prayers…

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Sep 21, 2011