Teshuva

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Understanding Selichot

Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Elan Mazer

9:15 Explanation of selichot 9:30 Maariv 9:40 Selichot Join Rabbi Kelman and Rabbi Mazer (on alternate nights) for a 15 minute introduction to the selichot to be recited that evening - the origin, meaning and literary techniques of…
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Teshuva: Maimonides and Beyond

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join Rabbi Jay Kelman as we discuss teshuva through the eyes of the Rambam and others. Topics include: Kiddush Hashem and teshuva, the relationship between thought and action, free choice and repentance, the many types of teshuva, reward and…
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Or Chaim Minyan Scholar in Residence -Sarah Gordon

Sarah Gordon

Friday night Oneg Shabbat (This session will take plance in a private home, please be in touch for details): Leadership vs Followship: Are Both Needed? Comparing Miriam and Moshe to Devorah and Barak Shabbat morning After kiddush 11:20am…
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Judaism and Forgiveness

Dr. Elliott Malamet

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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 3

On one level, one could not help but be impressed by the intensity and earnestness at Aish Hatorah, circa 1983, of young people devoting themselves to the mission of revitalizing their own spiritual lives and attempting to persuade others to do the…
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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 2

In early 1982, I began to study something called "The 48 Ways of Wisdom" one night a week. This was a series of classes based on the last chapter of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of Our Fathers, at a home study group organized by…
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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva: Part One

This series of blog posts seeks to discuss, if only preliminarily, the journey of ba’alei teshuvah (loosely defined as those who were not raised in a home of halakhic observance but chose this way of life at some point) and their place within…
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In the Valley of the Shadow: Illness and the Meaning of Life

Dr. James Kugel

In the Valley of the Shadow: Illness and the Meaning of Life
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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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Teshuvah - The Path Towards an Improved Life (Part 2)

Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot

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