Rosh Hashanah

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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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Why Is This Night Different Than All Other Nights? The Maariv of Rosh Hashannah.

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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Pre-Selichot Shiur (11:00pm): Teshuva by Day Teshuva by Night

Rabbi Jay Kelman

A Pre-Selichot shiur with Rabbi Jay Kelman Motzei Shabbat, September 29, 11:00pm Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave. Teshuva by Day and Teshuva by Night  Selichot to follow at midnight  
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Rosh Hashanah: Time for Prayer

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Rosh Hashanah is first and foremost a day of prayer. Prayer, as Rav Soloveitchik often noted, is rooted in asking G-d to fulfil our needs. One who is fully satisfied with his life has no need to pray. As the Yom haDin, the Day of Judgment,…
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Understanding Selichot

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave. Toronto. Join Rabbi Kelman on “Selichot Opening Night," Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 pm (selichot at midnight) and 20 minutes before ma'ariv and selichot  (9:10 pm) every other night…
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Starting Over: Teshuvah and Life Change

Starting Over: Teshuvah and Life Change
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Understanding the Yamim Noraim Perspectives in Jewish Law and Thought

Understanding the Yamim Noraim Perspectives in Jewish Law and Thought
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Yom Kippur: Where Are You?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.” No two holidays are as thematically connected as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So much so that we view them almost as one, the bookends of the Yamim Noraim, the days of awe…
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