Why Do Jews Have So Many Laws?
- Breitowitz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok
- "Why does Judaism have such an insistence on legalism…on the [details] of the Torah?...
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The Opportunity of Cheshvan
- Emor Project
- "The month of Cheshvan offers us a unique opportunity to utilize this time when we do not have any holidays to establish good habits....
Cheshvan: Facing the Ordinary – Part 2
- Heller, Rebbetzin Tziporah
- "We see rain as the physical manifestation of the life force at its very source, it is the source of being and becoming....
Cheshvan: Facing the Ordinary – Part 1
- Heller, Rebbetzin Tziporah
- "Now is the time to put into action all the hopes, prayers, and resolutions we made at the start of the Jewish New Year....
The Holy of Holies and the Sukkah
- Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh
- "For an entire week, we are enveloped by the Shechinah and encouraged to meditate on the deepest stirrings of our hearts and souls. By shaking the four species over the course of the holiday we symbolically translate these feelings into a practical plan of action to be put into...
Yom Kippur; 60 Days: A Spiritual Guide to The High Holidays
- Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
- "On Yom Kippur we touch the holiest part of ourselves - our souls....
Teshuvah; 60 Days: A Spiritual Guide to The High Holidays
- Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
- "True teshuvah is from the expression and the spirit shall return to G-d. Teshuvah is a thirsty soul's longing to connect to its Source....
Days of Awe: Ideas and Insights of the Sfas Emes on the High Holy Days
- Stern, Rabbi Yosef
- "While spiritual rewards are normally granted in direct proportion to one's performance of Torah and mitzvos, there also exists an additional component of spirituality which is not contingent upon individual merit....
Days of Awe: Ideas and Insights of the Sfas Emes on the High Holy Days
- Stern, Rabbi Yosef
- "A return to one's heavenly roots is an essential aspect of Shabbos - and of teshuvah as well...
Post 3 – And You Are Standing Today All of You Before God
- Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh
- "The searing sound of the shofar has the ability to fuse together all the disjointed parts of our personality, all the inner fragmentation, into one unified presence."...
The Blast of the Shofar
- Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
- "On the anniversary of the day on which the first human being possessing a Divine soul was created, we blow the shofar....
Rosh Hashanah Overview
- Emor Project
- The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah actually means "Head of the Year."...