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Rosh Hashanah 5767 - September 22, 2006
Did You Ask to Be Born?
What kind of "free choice" do we have, if we didn't choose to be presented with that choice?
What kind of "free choice" do we have, if we didn't choose to be presented with that choice?
The Sound of the Silent Shofar
OK, that’s the law; but where is the inspiration? Where is the majesty? How can we hear a silent shofar?
OK, that’s the law; but where is the inspiration? Where is the majesty? How can we hear a silent shofar?
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Heart of the Matter
The High Holidays are the "heart" of time. Our prayer, repentance and mitzvot "pump" G-d's sustaining life-force for the entire coming year...
The High Holidays are the "heart" of time. Our prayer, repentance and mitzvot "pump" G-d's sustaining life-force for the entire coming year...
Yom Hadin: Day of Judgement
Judgment may be frightening for the ego, but it's very reassuring for the self: it tells me that G-d cares about my choices and that I make a difference in this world
Judgment may be frightening for the ego, but it's very reassuring for the self: it tells me that G-d cares about my choices and that I make a difference in this world
Women
The Son She Gave Away
The story of Hannah, the Haftorah of Rosh Hashanah, is a tale richly woven of many strands. It is a story of devotion and of love, of service and of sacrifice.
The story of Hannah, the Haftorah of Rosh Hashanah, is a tale richly woven of many strands. It is a story of devotion and of love, of service and of sacrifice.
Parshah
Rosh Hashanah Torah Readings in a Nutshell
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Each and every year there descends and shines a new and renewed light, which has never yet entered the world
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine
Blind faith believes that which it is told, because it wants to believe.
Intellect believes that which it understands, because it wants to attain understanding.
Wisdom believes that which is true, because it is true.
Wisdom doesn’t have to fit that which some self-serving faith wishes to believe. Neither does it await...
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