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Introduction to Letters of Light: The Meaning of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The Mishnah states: 'With Ten Utterances G-d created the world.' As a carpenter employs tools to build a home, so G-d utilized the twenty-two letters of the alef-beis to form heaven and earth....
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Souls in the Rain

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "The Hebrew month of Cheshvan is the time to build a genuine relationship with our marriage Partner in our everyday lives....
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End Of Tishrei – Unpacking The Merchandise

  • Butman, Rabbi Shmuel M.
  • “A Jew [during]… the month of Tishrei acquires a lot of merchandise:… yiras shamayim (Fear of Heaven),… Ahavas Yisroel (Love for a fellow Jew),… hiddur mitzvah (enhancement of a mitzvah), …the spirit of the mitzvah.   He makes a lot of good resolutions and commitments about how he’s going...
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Sukkot: The Story of Our Faith

  • Botton, Rabbi Yitzchak
  • "The sukkah itself represents the idea of the Jewish faith...
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Yom Kippur: The Joy Within The Holiest Day

  • Pessin, Rabbi Aharon
  • "When one is involved in teshuva m’ahavah, if one repents out of love for G-d, his averot (sins) transform to good deeds, to merits!...
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Ten Days of Teshuva – 2

  • Haber, Rabbi Yaakov
  • These Ten Days [between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur] are a special time when each individual is given the potential to restore the light of these Sefirot into their souls. By addressing each particular Sefirah, studying and understanding its quality, processing it and internalizing it into our lives in...
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Ten Days of Teshuva – 1

  • Haber, Rabbi Yaakov
  • "Rosh Hashana is the date of the creation of the first human beings. On that very first day...Adam and Chava committed the very first sin. God judged them and forgave them. God said, ‘Just as you were judged before me on this day and emerged forgiven, so will your children...
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Shana Tova

  • Emor Project
  • Emor Project wishes you all a healthy new year filled with overflowing revealed blessings in all areas of ruchaniut and gashmiut (spirituality & physicality)....
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A Night to Remember: On the Essence of Rosh Hashanah

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "Rosh Hashanah [is] the day when the first human was created ...when small, frail, vulnerable and lowly human beings invite G-d to serve as their King. But why does G-d need us to coronate Him?...
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The True Meaning of Divine Judgement

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • "...The relationship between us and G-d is a partnership. Partners are accountable to each other. In the month of Elul, we do our accounting. Rosh Hashana is audit day. G-d checks the books to see how we took care of His investment in us....
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Chai Elul: Breathing New Life Into Our Divine Service

  • Emor Project
  • "The birthday of a tzadik, a righteous person, has a strong connection and a profound effect on the month in which the birthday occurs."...
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Being Judged Is a Compliment

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • "The Days of Awe are Awesome because we can’t believe how committed and how obsessed G-d is with us. It’s an awesome love!...
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