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Ki Tavo

Your Questions
Why Is Rosh Hashanah Before Yom Kippur?

Maybe we’ve got everything 100% wrong. Because if we’re thinking the holidays are backward, it’s likely we’ve got their meanings backward.
Why Put Your Head Down After Amidah?

It looks almost as if everyone is taking a short nap. What’s up with that?
Selichot Start Early Sunday A.M.
What Are Selichot?

Several days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers and liturgy.
The Tear-Soaked Selichot of Reb Meir

Squeezing Out the Jewish Heart
Get Set for Selichot With Our Smart Siddur

The Chabad.org Siddur App brings you complete Selichot prayers
By the Numbers
17 Rosh Hashanah Facts Every Jew Should Know

Brush up on basic facts, traditions, and more associated with the Jewish New Year.
11 Ways the Torah Fills Us With Oxytocin

There are so many stress triggers in our often overwhelming lives. Living an authentic Jewish life helps reduce our stress while heightening our spirituality.
Parshah
Fruit in the Basket

The Kabbalists explain that ratzon, will and desire, is the most powerful force within the human being.
How Honest Do You Have to Be?

How many people craftily put forth a clean and honest image while every night they sweep their dirt under the proverbial carpet?
Ki Tavo Parshah Quiz

Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Ki Tavo.
Story
"Lost" in the Mail for Sixteen Years

Once exceptionally wealthy, Avigdor was now poverty-stricken. Mr. Tzaddok, once a pauper, had come into great wealth.
Life Skills
Think Positive

Chapter 12 of Positivity Bias
How My Husband and I Rebounded From Financial Ruin

The financial problems that began back in 2008 didn’t just dissipate overnight. There’s been a lot of work involved. But, the greatest and most important work has been to stay the course, with complete trust.
Lifestyle
Instant-Pot Tamarind Brisket

G-d looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into Torah and sustains the world.
— Zohar
Print Magazine

Nothing is greater than peace. Even when you are 100% right, and you know your spouse is 100% wrong, you can still give in for the sake of peace.

Better a difficult peace than an easy quarrel.

See Igrot Kodesh volume 9, page 100.

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