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Rosh Hashanah
By the Numbers
10 Things I Really Don’t Want to Hear From My Rabbi on Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi, here are a few tips, just suggestions mind you, of things you might say in your sermon that might interest me—if come.
Rabbi, here are a few tips, just suggestions mind you, of things you might say in your sermon that might interest me—if come.
17 Facts About Hannah (Chanah)
Discover how G-d answered Hannah's prayers, gifting her with the prophet Samuel.
Discover how G-d answered Hannah's prayers, gifting her with the prophet Samuel.
Voices
How a Prayer by a Pond Brought Renewal
I felt at a loss. How could I comfort this beautiful Jewess? She was broken. How could I make her feel whole again?
I felt at a loss. How could I comfort this beautiful Jewess? She was broken. How could I make her feel whole again?
My Wife (and G-d) Wanted Me to Put on Tefillin With a Jew in the Airport
How one businessman inspired four people to don tefillin.
How one businessman inspired four people to don tefillin.
Halachah for Life
Hebrew Word of the Week
Jewish News
Jewish History
Rabbeinu Avraham, Maimonides’ Almost-Forgotten Son and Successor
A staunch defender of his father and a mystic and scholar in his own right, Avraham Maimonides fused rationalism with mysticism.
A staunch defender of his father and a mystic and scholar in his own right, Avraham Maimonides fused rationalism with mysticism.
Your Questions
Why No Nuts on Rosh Hashanah?
There are different reasons given for this custom, each impacting the parameters of what (and when) exactly we refrain from eating.
There are different reasons given for this custom, each impacting the parameters of what (and when) exactly we refrain from eating.
Lifestyle
"A man saw not his fellow, neither rose any from his place for three days" (the Plague of Darkness, Exodus 10:23). Indeed, there is no greater darkness than one in which "a man saw not his fellow" -- in which a person becomes oblivious to the needs of his fellow man. When that happens, a person becomes stymied in his personal development as well -- "neither rose any from his place."
— Chassidic master Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Ger (1789-1866)
Print Magazine
And these words with which I connect with you today… (Deut. 6:6)
Every day these words should be just as new for you as if they were given today. (Sifri)
How could the same mitzvah you did yesterday be new to you today? The same words of Torah as though you never knew them before? The same prayer as though you neve...
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