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Viduy & Selichot: Human Frailty vs. Divine Constancy

Posted on 07 October 2008

‘‘Despite the transformative nature of the day and the holiness that we attain, if we have not yet made peace with our fellows, we have not achieved atonement.”

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The Slippery Slope of Teshuva

Posted on 07 October 2008

With all of the preparation involved, we still seem to slide into our old ways.

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The Ten Martyrs of Israel

Posted on 23 September 2008

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Repentance, Prayer and Tzedakah: Pushing Off the Harshness of the Decree

Posted on 09 September 2008

After experiencing a miracle like being saved through the kindness of Hashem, it is customary make an annual seudat hoda’ah— a meal of thanksgiving— to publicize the wonders of Hashem. But there is another possibility: use the money that would be spent on the meal, and give it to the poor so that they ...
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This Article Will Not Affect Your Life

Posted on 09 September 2008

‘‘To change and to grow, we need together people. We need to talk about what we need to change.”

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Digging the Soul: Time of Teshuvah

Posted on 08 September 2008

Are we able to turn back the clock?

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Judea Captiva: Eulogy

Posted on 25 August 2008

We have lost our national identity as a major living spiritual force.

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The Eicha Revolution

Posted on 25 August 2008

Walk into a wedding or a Bar Mitzvah— everyone is eating, dancing, and singing. Who would think that loneliness is even possible in this room?

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During the Three Weeks…

Posted on 25 August 2008

The Gemara in Ta’anit tells us that only a Jew who properly mourns the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash—the Temple— will be zoche (will merit) to see its rebuilding.

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Succot: Completing the Days of Awe

Posted on 30 July 2008

We rejoice on all of the holidays, but Succoth contains an exceptional measure of joy. In fact, this is the most prominent aspect of the holiday. Succoth is identified in the prayers as "our festival of rejoicing." Why does this holiday of joy immediately follow the High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - a ...
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Amazing Save of the Day on Simchat Torah

Posted on 30 July 2008

One of the common oddities of the levity of Simchat Torah, is that when it's time for Hagba, (the lifting of the Torah) -- instead of the usual Torah "lift and display", it's done backwards so that the words are facing away from the person doing Hagba. In the shul I davened at as a ...
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Logotherapy

Posted on 28 July 2008

Logotherapy is derived from the word Logos, defined as healing through meaning. Its founder, Dr. Viktor Frankl, was a concentration camp survivor who, during his imprisonment, saw many instances that served as proof for his philosophy. Even in the concentration camps, Dr. Frankl recalled, there were people comforting others and giving away their last ...
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The Essence of Shavuot

Posted on 22 July 2008

When the Torah was given 3300 years ago from Mt. Sinai, the entire nation was gathered around the mountain.  A tiny glimpse of what that experience may have been like can be gotten on the night of Shavuot in Jerusalem, when tens of thousands of people who have been up all night studying Torah begin to stream toward ...
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A Master Artist Speaks: The Painting of a Megilla by the Louis Family

Posted on 14 July 2008

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Around The Shabbat Table: Purim & the Chofetz Chaim

Posted on 14 July 2008

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Pesach: No Thanks!

Posted on 03 July 2008

It is obvious that the Torah feels that the holiday itself is not the time to make these acknowledgements, but we must understand why.

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Tikkun Layl Shavuot Listings

Posted on 05 June 2008

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OLD CITY 8:00pm Prayers @ the Kotel 8:45pm Festive Dinner 11:15pm Holy Cow! Eating Dairy and Shavuot, Rabbi David Abromovits 12:30am (@ Chalonei Rokea) Shavuot & the Self-Help Craze: Paving the Path to Personal Perfection w/Rabbi Abba Wagensberg 2:00am Men – A Taste of Yeshiva Women – Shavuot: Biblical, Rabbinic, and Kabbalistic with ...

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Making Sense of Shavuot

Posted on 03 June 2008

Here’s the irony: the holiday that commemorates the giving of the Law has no unique laws associated with it (Sh’tei ha-Lehem aside), while the holiday that commemorates freedom might be dubbed the single-most labor-intensive time on the Jewish calendar (at least for those who “make Pesach.”) The easy explanation about the Festival of ...
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The Hidden Mystery of Shavuot

Posted on 02 June 2008

Matan Torah is not just something to recall once a year; it is a gift that has been granted to us and we are at liberty to rediscover it each day.

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Declaring Faith

Posted on 02 June 2008

The cycle of Ruth’s conversion rectifies acts from her forefathers.

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