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Parshas Ha’Azinu  – For What Should We Repent?

By: Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane. ztk’l In these days when Jewish blood is spilled like water, there exists a most confounding attitude nurtured perhaps by...

Secrets of the Four Species

The key to joy is success in our relationships. This includes our relationship with other people, with ourselves, and with God By: Shraga Simmons Every Jewish...

Parshas Zos Habracha–You Can Never Fool G-d

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston And this (V'zos) is the blessing which Moshe, the Man of G-d, blessed the Children of Israel before his death. (Devarim...

Parshas Vzos Habracha – Making It by Breaking It

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky The last verses of the Torah encapsulate a glorious career of leadership of the father of all prophets, Moshe, into a...

Sukkos–Zman Simchaseinu; The Time of Our Happiness

By: Torah.org Staff Throughout the works of our Sages, we find that the holiday of Sukkos is referred to as "Zman Simchaseinu," "The time of...

Simchas Torah: Dancing With The Bride

By: Rabbi Yochanan Zweig "The Torah that Moshe commanded us is a heritage to the Congregation of Jacob"(33:4) Simchas Torah is a day in which we...

Understanding the “Aseret Yemai Teshuvah”–Ten Days of Repentance

Edited by: JV Staff (Some of what follows is based on these works: "The Festivals in Halachah," by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, ZT"L, translated by...

Sukkot and the Purpose of Life

By: Rabbi Moshe Gersht On Yom Kippur, we disengage from the normal lives that we live and enter a place of holiness. We don’t eat...

ABCs of Yom Kippur

Guidelines for the holiest day of the Jewish year By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons Following the sin of the Golden Calf, Moses pleaded with God to forgive...

9 Lesser Known Facts about Yom Kippur

Here are nine often overlooked facts about Yom Kippur to enhance your experience of the Jewish day of repentance. Dr. Yvette Alt Miller We eat a...

A Look at 5779’s Most Formative Stories

From hatred to hope, and from loss to resolve By: Tzemach Feller The Jewish year 5779 was replete with consequential events, and Chabad.org/News covered hundreds of...

As Rosh HaShana Approaches, Jewish Population Rises to 14.8M Worldwide

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog: “The challenges for the new year are combating anti-Semitism and connecting global Jewish youth to Israel.” Edited by: JV...

Fall into the Flavors of Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

Since summer seems long-gone and families are knee-deep in activities already, make it a little easier on yourself. Make the freezer your friend By: Ethel...

Recalling the Rosh Hashanah 1943 Holocaust Escape of Danish Jews – “It Can Be Done”

By: Rafael Medoff As the final minutes of Rosh Hashanah ticked away, 13-year-old Leo Goldberger was hiding, along with his parents and three brothers, in...

Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech–“Lessons of Equality”

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb For the past several weeks, certain ideas have dominated my consciousness. Don't worry, these are not obsessive thoughts, and...

Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech – Make an Accounting of Your Life

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The parsha always shows us the way to realize the challenges of the moment, and this week’s parsha Nitzavim is no exception; we...

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