To get you into the High Holiday spirit, enjoy this special presentation enacting highlights of the High Holidays prayer service as sung in many traditional synagogues. Featuring the Sasonkin brothers choir together with cantor Yisroel Goldfroind.
A mystical journey into the inner dimension of the New Year and what is really happening on Rosh Hashanah, and especially when it coincides with Shabbat.
The theme of Rosh Hashanah emphasizes the importance of man’s contribution, which is underscored even more on the second day of Rosh Hashanah when it follows Shabbos. (Likutei Sichos vol.14)
Get ready for Rosh Hashanah and watch a demonstration of the Shofar blowing service, which includes the preliminary verses, the blessings and the sounding of the shofar.
A look at the history of this prayer as told through manuscripts held in the Bodleian Libary, Oxford, and in the Cario Geniza collection held at Cambridge.
Is it appropriate to ask for personal needs on Rosh Hashanah? It seems to contradict the spirit of the day, where the focus is on our dedication and devotion to G-d as our king. This class will illuminate the very nature of prayer. (Based on Likkutei Sichos vol. 19)
The Chassidic approach to preparing for the High Holidays and the New Year during the month of Elul offers a novel and revolutionary perspective to a time formerly associated with dread, fear and guilt.
A revolutionary insight into prayer, which we learn from the story of Chana (the haftorah on Rosh Hashanah), where she appeared drunk, but actually teaches us how to engage in prayer.
A traditional and solemn Chabad melody for the High Holidays “Avinu Malkeinu” prayer. From a live performance in Petach Tikva, Israel: sung by Simche Friedman with violinist Shimmy Veishandler.
Join us for a special lecture by Rabbi Yaakov Raskin of Chabad of Jamaica, who will masterfully introduce us to the unique Jewish year of 5787 with Rosh Hashanah being on Shabbat. Prepare to be inspired, and most importantly, be ready to celebrate the new Jewish year.