Parsha
The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha - Nitzavim-Vayelech
This week's parsha begins with the words: "Atem nitzavim hayom" meaning: "You stand this day". "This day" refers to Rosh Hashanah, and "You stand"...
Our Parsha - Nitzavim-Vayelech
Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech.
Choosing Life: The Essence of the Torah
The Torah portion of Netzavim is always read immediately before the high holidays. Before completing the teshuvah of Elul and preparing for ...
The Cop-Out
Rabbi Avraham 'the Angel' was the only son of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch. When Rabbi Avraham was a young child, he once came weeping to ...
The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha - Nitzavim-Vayelech
This week's parsha begins with the words: "Atem nitzavim hayom" meaning: "You stand this day". "This day" refers to Rosh Hashanah, and "You stand"...
Our Parsha - Nitzavim-Vayelech
Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech.
Choosing Life: The Essence of the Torah
The Torah portion of Netzavim is always read immediately before the high holidays. Before completing the teshuvah of Elul and preparing for ...
The Cop-Out
Rabbi Avraham 'the Angel' was the only son of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch. When Rabbi Avraham was a young child, he once came weeping to ...
Magazine
The Throw-Away Generation
We live in a throw-away generation. Per capita, each person in the US produces 760 kilograms, or almost one ton of garbage per year...
In the Light of Rabbi Shimon
The group of sages gathered around the bed of their mentor, listening avidly to the words of wisdom emitting from his lips. His final request of...
Prayers
Will the format of our prayers change in the time of Redemption?
When the Child Becomes Bar Mitzva
On the eve of 20 Elul 5760 (2000), the bar mitzva of Yosef Sorotzkin was celebrated. It was an especially moving occasion because Yosef, a sweet...
The Throw-Away Generation
We live in a throw-away generation. Per capita, each person in the US produces 760 kilograms, or almost one ton of garbage per year...
In the Light of Rabbi Shimon
The group of sages gathered around the bed of their mentor, listening avidly to the words of wisdom emitting from his lips. His final request of...
Prayers
Will the format of our prayers change in the time of Redemption?
When the Child Becomes Bar Mitzva
On the eve of 20 Elul 5760 (2000), the bar mitzva of Yosef Sorotzkin was celebrated. It was an especially moving occasion because Yosef, a sweet...
Holidays
High Holiday Guide - Introduction
It's no accident that, in one way or another, virtually every Jew participates in the holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
The Month of Elul
In the generation of the Exodus from Egypt, Moses ascended Mount Sinai three times. The first was to receive the Torah. The second was to plead...
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana is the day on which G-d completed the creation of this world, by creating Adam, the original man. Adam's very first act was to...
Days of Awe
The first ten days of Tishrei - two days of Rosh Hashana, the seven days following, and Yom Kippur - are an auspicious time in which to rectify...
High Holiday Guide - Introduction
It's no accident that, in one way or another, virtually every Jew participates in the holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
The Month of Elul
In the generation of the Exodus from Egypt, Moses ascended Mount Sinai three times. The first was to receive the Torah. The second was to plead...
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana is the day on which G-d completed the creation of this world, by creating Adam, the original man. Adam's very first act was to...
Days of Awe
The first ten days of Tishrei - two days of Rosh Hashana, the seven days following, and Yom Kippur - are an auspicious time in which to rectify...
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