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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?
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?
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 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...
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
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.
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.
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

For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.

And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.

And your footsteps were guided to reach th...