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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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A Ba’al Teshuvah Is Greater Than a Tzaddik

  • Churba, Rabbi Yosef
  • "...a ba’al teshuvah is superior to a complete tzaddik is that the light is given off when he performs the mitzvah of teshuvah is able to repair all the damage done to the celestial light by his intentional sins."...
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Rosh HaShana -The Shofar Transports our Souls Into The Holy of Holies

  • Breitowitz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok
  • "The three sounds of the shofar represent the journey of the neshama (the soul)."...
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Shana Tov with pomegranates, and shofer

Rosh Hashana Wishes from Emor Project

  • 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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Rosh Hashana- shofar with machzor (prayer book) and tallit

Rosh Hashana – The Head of the Year

  • Emor Project
  • "On Rosh Hashana, we "coronate" Hashem as King, accepting upon ourselves His rulership, and on this awe-filled day, Hashem judges the world....
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A Night to Remember: On the Essence of Rosh Hashanah

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "Here lay one of the great and daring ideas of Judaism. G-d, the perfect endless one, desired to be king not through power or by the dictates of nature. He desired to be chosen as king;...
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The Ikkar (main aspect) of Yom Tov (festival holy days)

  • The Sefat Emet, translated by A. Green
  • "The inner life force of God that exists within all creatures is revealed on these festivals. That is why they are called mikra’ey kodesh, ‘holy assemblies’... [One] can call forth the holiness of these days, and also...the holiness itself calls forth to us....
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Reflecting, Resolving, and Renewing for the New Year

  • Schneider, Sarah Yehudit
  • Reflect on the past year and set future resolutions during Elul, the 'Month of Teshuva,' aligning with Divine will and preparing for the New Year....
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Chai Elul: Adding Chayus Throughout the Year

  • Chabad.org Staff
  • "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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The Holiness of Your Sins: How the Kabbalah Reconciles Free Choice and Divine Providence

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "When someone repents out of love, their sins become mitzvot."...
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The Purpose of Creation – Part 6

  • Emor Project
  • "Each of us comes into this world with certain sparks that it is our task to raise. The hashgacha pratit (Divine Providence) one encounters will lead them specifically to where they need to do this work....
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The Purpose of Creation – Part 5

  • Emor Project
  • "When Hashem created the world, He placed Adam and Chava in Gan Eden, where Good and Evil were distinct, and it was clear that Hashem was at the Origin of everything....
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The Purpose of Creation – Part 4

  • Emor Project
  • "Our task is to cling to Kedusha (Divine Holiness) and counteract the Sitra Achra (Evil Inclination). Evil does not have any independent or concrete existence. It is just the 'illusion of something other than Hashem' and lacks consistency....
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