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GATEWAYS TO TORAT HAYIM

CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND COMPILED EXCERPTS, COVERING MANY AREAS OF RELEVANT TOPICS
FROM LEADING RABBIS, SCHOLARS AND JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTIONS 
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Kotel as sun is setting with the words The Month of Av below it

The Month of Av: God Acts As A Loving Father

  • Emor Project
  • This month is called Av, which in Hebrew means “father.” Even though God has hidden His presence from us, and we must live with the consequences of that absence, the name of the month reminds us that God acts as a loving father. This means that everything we experience...
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Flames surrounding the still standing Beit Hamikdash with Jews falling apart in the background

The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: Finding the Love in the Destruction

  • Lipitz, Mrs. Ani
  • The three weeks between the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av are called Bein HaMetzarim (“Between the Straits”), and during this period Jewish people the...
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The universe and Iyar written in Hebrew above it

The month of Iyar – “for I am the Lord, who heals you”

  • Lundin, Rabbi Haggai
  • "If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I...
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Holy Eating: Insights Into Tu B’Shevat

  • Schneider, Sarah Yehudit
  • Adam and Eve [transgressed by eating from] the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was through this sin that the yeitzer hara (evil inclination) became a part of each of us, challenging us to this day with obstacles to our spiritual growth....
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Pomegranate hanging from a tree full of leaves

Tu BeShevat 5784

  • Winston, Rabbi Pinchas
  • [Tu BeShevat offers the] opportunity to absorb the amazing gift of Eretz Yisroel, the fantastic bounty it is giving us these days, and the tremendous opportunity to make blessings over it in giving thanks to God....
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Full moon in galaxy background

The Month of Shevat

  • OU Staff
  • "On the first of the month [of Shevat], Moshe, inspired by prophecy from G-d, began to recite the words of the Book of Devarim to Israel."...
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Inkredible kids Tehilim army poster

Tehillim Army for Kids

  • InKredible Kids
  • "It is know that the Tefilot [prayers] of children are the purest and that is what we need the most right now."...
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The Tenth of Tevet

  • Wein, Rabbi Berel
  • The Tenth of Tevet marks the onset of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia, and the beginning of the battle that ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon, and sent the Jews into the 70-year Babylonian Exile....
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Continuing the Light… After Zot Chanukah

  • Arush, Rabbi Shalom
  • "What the greatest tzaddikim cannot do in their prayers at Neila at the end of Yom Kippur – even the simplest Jew can do on Zot Chanukah."...
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Chanuka oil light on the last night

Access to Or Haganuz via the Chanukka Candles

  • Emor Project
  • The Chanukka candles are a channel through which a portion of the Or Haganuz (the tremendously good light Hashem has reserved for the tzadikim in the world to come) is released for us. ...
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Rabbi YY Jacobson’s Chanuka Video Series

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson, founder of TheYeshiva.net, and one of the most successful, passionate and mesmerizing communicators of Judaism today, shares a short video offering insights and inspiration each night of Chanuka....
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Chanuka Overview and the Responsibility as Lamplighters

  • Breitowitz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok
  • "Chanuka is that message of hope, faith in Hashem, and faith in yourself. 'Don’t despair, don’t give up, keep on going. My light is with you..."...
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