Shemini Atzeret

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Shmini Atzeret: A Dual Holiday

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Jewish holidays have two distinct themes. The shalosh regalim, three pilgrim festivals of Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, occurring at key agricultural seasons, are a time to reflect on our material blessings, specifically in the land of Israel…
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Elul: Month of Fear or of Love? (Part 1)

Rabbi Alex Israel

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Shmini Atzeret: Election Day

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Tomorrow is Shmini Atzeret. It is also Election Day in Canada. While that is no doubt unfortunate for (observant) Jews, these days, Election Day is a bit of a misnomer. People have been able to vote for weeks, and some 4.7 million voters, or 1/6 of…
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Shiurim for (the last days of) Sukkot

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Torah in Motion presents Rabbi Jay Kelman's shiur on the chag, taking place on Thursday, Friday and Shabbat one hour before mincha at the Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave., Toronto.  Shimini Azeret at 5:25pm: The Origins of…
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Hoshana Rabbah: Water Falls

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"On the Yom Tov of the last day, we read 'Kol Habechor, every first born'" (Devarim 15:19, Megillah 31a). Finding an appropriate Torah reading for Shmini Azeret is no easy task. The holiday is mentioned only twice in Chumash: once as a passing…
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Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah: Peace, Faith, and Learning

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The 14th-century legal code, the Arba Turim, the Four Rows, begins the laws of Sukkot by noting that when one sits in a sukkah, one must be cognizant of the fact that our sukkot commemorate the clouds of glory that guided and protected us during our…
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