Rosh Hashanah

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From Yom Kippur to Sukkot

Rabbi David Silber

September 23: A Guide to the Machzor: Explorating the Central Motifs of the Yom Kippur Mussaf Service. September 30: The Spiritual Journey of Hoshanot October 7:       Prayer for Rain
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Re-experiencing the Rav's Yom Kippur

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler

Monday, September 7 11:00 am Eastern time Kol Nidrei and Tefillot Yom Kippur  Monday, September 14 11:00 am Eastern time The Kohen Gadol Drama Monday, September 21 11:00 am Eastern time The Finality of Ne'ilah
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Yom Kippur: The Day After

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“It was on the next day…” (Shemot 18:13). Apparently, something of significance had happened on the previous day, yet the Torah makes no mention of it. The day, that special day that needs no mention, can be none other than Yom Kippur (Rashi).…
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Yom Kippur: A Great Day!

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our society worships greatness. Whether it be athletes, rock stars, actors or successful business leaders, they are showered with wealth and adulation and pampered wherever they go. People pay great sums of money to be in the presence of, or acquire…
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Aseret Yemi Teshuva: I Confess

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Integral to the teshuva process is the act of vidui, confession. One can intellectually know one has done something wrong; one can even feel terrible about it. But unless and until one verbalizes that one has sinned—and for sins against…
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Rosh Hashanah: Early, Late or Just Right

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And on the seventh month on the first day of the month, it shall be a day of rest. It is a sacred day for remembrance and blowing" (Vayikra 23:24). What the Torah calls a day of blowing (of the ram's horn) is more commonly known as Rosh…
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Lifnei Hashem Titaharu: Tevila and Teshuva for Women

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

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Yom Kippur: Welcoming the Evil Inclination

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“For the sin that we sinned before you with the evil inclination”.  The double alphabetic acrostic of the al chet lists a wide range of areas in which we have not lived up to our potential. Misuse of speech, lack of…
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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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