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Selichot with the Rebbe
The post-midnight "supplication" prayers are a unique blend of solemnity and joy |
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Where Do I Come From?
By Lazer Gurkow
A mysterious letter "aleph" reveals the secret for closeness with G-d. Based on the verse (Psalms 100:3) "Know the Lord is G-d. It is He who made us, and we are his..." |
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What's Your Wish?
If you had one wish to be granted by G‑d ... what would it be? |
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Firsts
By Ezra Krybus
That first day of school, your first job interview, your first day in your own home, the first day of the rest of your life... |
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Stretch Back and Fly
By Tzvi Freeman
Why every setback is really a stretch back. |
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The Sit-In
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich
When Roy employs his friend Marvin to help strike the set of Parshah report in anticipation of the approaching last episode, Jono stages a sit-in. By sitting. In a box. |
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The High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
The Day of Awe: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. |
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High Holiday Services and Events Directory
Celebrate the High Holidays among friends and connect with your inner self. From Alabama to Wisconsin, Abidjan to Zurich, join us and find your local High Holiday home. |
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Jewish New Year Greeting Cards
Send a Shanah Tovah greeting card to friends and family! Wish them and happy and healthy New Year, and hey, maybe you'll get one back too! |
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Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Traditional Rosh Hashanah recipes. Classic recipes as well as exotic ones. |
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Selichot
Several days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers and liturgy |
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What is Tashlich?
By Dinka Kumer
The reasons for the Tashlich custom, its history, and how it's done... |
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Rosh Hashanah Seder According to Sephardic Custom
By Menachem Posner
On both nights of Rosh Hashanah, a number of foods are eaten to symbolize our prayers and hopes for a sweet new year... |
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Laws of Yom Tov
By Naftali Silberberg
The biblical holidays on the Jewish calendar have many unique laws and traditions. What is allowed and what is not allowed? And what are yom tov's unique mitzvot? |
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The Israeli Prime Minister's Jewish Pride
By Dovid Zaklikowski
It was a politically chaotic time in Israel. Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, a member of the Labor Party, resigned, bringing on new general elections. The elections brought dramatic change to the small country. On May 17, 1977, the right-wing Likud Party came to power, ending a twenty-nine year period in which the Left had governed Israel. |
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The Sound of Imperfection
By Mendel Kalmenson
The second sound, the teruah, is the mournful tune of exile, sung by us—the Jews of Diaspora. It is the mouthpiece for those who know too much pain, leaving them with no energy – or worse, no willpower – to blow on... |
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Upon a Timeless Tel
By Sara Hecht
I'll leave you room to err, says G‑d, because you will rebuild – grander, stronger, and more beautiful edifices. |
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A Rosh Hashanah Miracle
By Deena Yellin
Sarah asked herself, could she handle newborn twins and an adopted baby at the same time? But she kept thinking about the girl in China who was surely waiting for loving parents to rescue her... |
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Caught in the Act
By Yerachmiel Tilles
None would buy the great soul of R. Levi Yitzchak on Rosh Hashana |
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The Master Key
By Rabbi S.Y. Zevin
Finally, the great moment arrived. It was the morning of Rosh Hashanah, and Rabbi Ze'ev stood on the reading platform in the center of the Baal Shem Tov's synagogue... |
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While We're in Exile, Where's G‑d?
By Naftali Silberberg
Though exile is a time when G‑d's presence in our lives isn't manifest as it was – and will soon again be – during the Holy Temple glory days, it by no means signals a hiatus in our relationship with Him. |
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Accessing the Hidden Love
By Rochel Holzkenner
Why was the Tanya so novel? Who was the Rebbe's target audience and what was his objective for them? |
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What to Do on Your 120th Birthday
By Levi Avtzon
Let's imagine that you would be celebrating your 120th birthday today, with your body in full function. What would you do? |
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History or Memory?
By Mendel Kalmenson
There's no such thing as history in Judaism. The last message that Moses imparted to his people demonstrates this point. |
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In a Nutshell
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice... Also: The last day of Moses' life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise |
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Creating for Dummies
By Elad Nehorai
You can feel your world crashing around you. All those thoughts, all those worries, they're coming to fruition. You really don't have anything valuable to share... |
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Finding It Again
By Michoel Gourarie
Relationships are not sustainable without mutual respect, and its disappearance can result in the demise of the relationship... |
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Disrespectful Children
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
Those who communicate with harsh language, hurtful words or ugly gestures will lose more than they will ever gain by their “honesty.” They will lose love... |
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Marry Me?!
By Sarah Zadok
I am drama incarnate with fists balled, my silver hoop earrings, peasant skirt and leather cowboy boots. My stance is distant and I am crying. “As time goes by does it get more or less clear to you that we’re meant to be together?" |
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Knowing When to Say Thank You
By Samantha Barnett
Perhaps my initial feeling of embarrassment stemmed from societal pressure. Thanking G-d just wasn’t in the script I’d been handed... |
