Yom Kippur Videos

Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the calendar, is a day of atonement which is observed chiefly through fasting.

Yizkor, the memorial prayer for the departed, is observed on specific holidays for the souls of those who passed on.

After the Yom Kippur service in the Holy Temple concluded, throngs of worshippers would accompany the High Priest back to his home for a holiday feast. Why the big celebration?

Teshuva requires that a person make an honest assessment of his spiritual standing. To do this, it would seem ideal to isolate oneself from all distractions, to focus on one’s past deeds. Why do we see, that on Yom Kippur – the main day for Teshuvah of the whole year – we spend the entire day in a public place, in synagogue, together with so many others?

The Rebbe distributes the traditional lekach - sweet honey cake for a sweet year

In case it has been decreed upon a person to turn to others for help this coming year, it should already be fulfilled now, by receiving this sweet cake.

A practical look at how to forgive people -- especially those closest to us -- after they have caused us harm.

The value of community in times of grief as well as joy.

Eyewitnesses share their personal stories of how Jews valiantly resisted the British ban on sounding the shofar at the Western Wall from 1930-1947.

Learn an amazingly simple secret for healing yourself and all of your relationships this new year.

How to properly experience the High Holiday season when your heart and head are burdened with challenges, worries, and frustrations from day to day anxieties.

Rabbi Itche Kadoozy attempts to deliver a Rosh Hashanah message. 255 times.

The unity of all Jews derives from the fact that every Jewish soul is “an actual part of G-d Above.” Therefore, “Jewish unity” is not limited to Jews who are alive, but includes those who have passed on, as well.

In our prayers, the verse Shema Yisrael is followed by a verse that appears nowhere in the Torah. What is its origins? Why do we whisper it all year long and why do we say it out loud on Yom Kippur?

One of the emotional peaks of the Yom Kippur prayer service is a description of the ceremony performed by the High Priest in the Holy Temple.