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Torah September 9, 2026
When The Shofar Is Silent, Remember To Breathe
There are moments in life when we suddenly become aware of our breathing. A frightening diagnosis, a phone call in...
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Torah September 9, 2026
“But I Already Heard The Shofar At Selichot”
Franny Weissman with her husband’s Great-Aunt Adelle Sharon Gelbach @ Impmedia.co.il After a talk I recently gave ahead of Rosh...
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Torah September 9, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim and Harel laying Tefillin Our meeting with the Stand with Us team With all the hustle and bustle...
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Torah September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah—How We Get Hashem to Remember
The Torah identifies two principal aspects of Rosh Hashanah. First, it is a day of teruah (horn blowing), and its purpose is zikaron (remembrance)....
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Torah September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah: In It Together
Rebbe Pinchas Menachem Alter, zy’a, the Pnei Menachem of Ger (d. 1996), was widely respected as a wise and unassuming tzaddik and was...
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Torah September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah: The State of Hashem in Our World
Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. The fate of individuals is weighed, and the course of nations and empires...
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Torah September 8, 2026
Fruit-full And Multiplied
In my family, we host a Rosh Hashanah “seder” each year. Part of this is related to my wife’s Sephardic...
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Torah September 2, 2026
Triumph Against All Odds: From The Sulamot Music Program To Radio City Music Hall, How Midgal Ohr Enabled Shani Levy to Achieve Her Dreams
Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman is the founder of Migdal Ohr who recognized Shani Levi’s musical talent Atara Solow, executive director,...
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Torah September 2, 2026
Leaving A Mark That Will Last A Lifetime
One night at the Western Wall in the midst of Selichot prayers, I wondered when the thousands of teenagers around me would...
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Torah September 2, 2026
As Jewish As A Ham Sandwich: Ben Shapiro, Chabad, And What It Means To Be Jewish
A fascinating debate broke out last week over a question that sounds semantic but is actually profound. Though it wasn’t...
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Torah September 2, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Cemetery of Tovste, Ukraine where the Baal Shem Tov’s mother Sarah is buried Menny with Uri Lazar of Lawrence, who...
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Torah September 2, 2026
Through The Ups And Downs
This week is a double parashah, Nitzavim and Vayeilech. In Nitzavim 30:3, the pasuk states, “Then Hashem your G-d will restore your fortunes and take you...
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Torah September 1, 2026
Coming To Blows
Various sounds emerge from the shofar; each one is flavored by the size and contour of the shofar itself and the style of...
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Torah September 1, 2026
Nitzavim-Vayelech: As Below, So Above
Rebbe Meshulam Feish Halevy Lowy of Tosh, zy’a, the exalted Tosher Rebbe, was an extraordinary holy man, a towering figure of Avodas...
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Torah September 1, 2026
How To Live A Good And Desirable Life: The Best Segulah
The Midrash (V”R 16:2) records that many peddlers sold their goods in Tzippori and its surrounding areas, yet one peddler distinguished himself by...
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Torah September 1, 2026
Nitzavim-Vayelech: Still Standing
Near the end of his life, Moshe delivered one of the Torah’s most frightening passages: the tochachah, a warning of the...
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Torah September 1, 2026
Orthodox Union Appoints Rabbi Shmuel Silber As Executive Vice President
Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for American Orthodox Jewry, announced...
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Torah September 1, 2026
What Does “Galui Veyadua” Add to Asher Yatzar?
Rosh Hashanah is the day Jewish tradition associates with the creation of the first man (Vayikra Rabbah29:1). As it approaches, it’s...
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