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Torah September 21, 2025
Days Of Judgement: Gazing Through The Window; Peering Through the Lattice (Shir Hashirim2:9)
The birthday of the world. We are entering the Days of Judgement, and we proclaim that Rosh Hashanah is the...
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Torah September 21, 2025
Sefer Yonah And The Belief In Teshuvah
The Levush (O”C 522) explains that we read Sefer Yonah during Minchah of Yom Kippur because it vividly demonstrates the incredible power of teshuvah. We learn about the positive...
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Torah September 21, 2025
Shabbos Shuvah
Gilad grew up in a warm, Torah home in Bnei Brak but drifted from observance as he got older. He...
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Torah September 21, 2025
Jonah And Gaza: Not A Popularity Contest
In courtrooms of The Hague, in lecture halls from New York to London, and across social media, Israel is branded...
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Torah September 18, 2025
Taking The Plunge: Ice Baths, Neuroplasticity, And Rosh Hashanah
A little over a year ago, I bought an ice bath and I’m proud to say I hardly miss a...
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Torah News & Politics September 18, 2025
Reflections On The Rabbis’ Statement About Starvation In Gaza
I was stunned by the declaration authored by Rabbi Yosef Blau and signed by eighty rabbis, in which they spoke...
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Torah September 17, 2025
Who Tells You The Story?
Did you ever hear of Charlie Kirk? If not, that’s a problem. One of the greatest supporters of the Jewish...
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Torah September 16, 2025
Rosh Hashanah: A Return To Truth
Rosh Hashanah is the day of judgment. The fate of individuals and the destiny of empires are determined. We assemble...
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Torah September 16, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
I’m sitting in my office on Motzaei Shabbos just before I will lead the Selichos service in shul for the few holy Jews who...
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Torah September 15, 2025
Hearing The Shofar’s Great Cry And The Still Small Voice
Each year, one line shakes me as I practice the Unesaneh Tokef, “Uvshofar Gadol Yitakea Vekol Demamah Dakah Yishama,” The great shofar will...
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Torah September 15, 2025
Violence In The Media: Are You Living In A Haunted House?
The Shulchan Aruch records a law for Shabbos observance: One should not read books about war. The commentaries trace this to a...
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Torah September 15, 2025
Davening With Hashem
Prayer is hard. How do I address an invisible abstraction? How can I get into my davening if I am reading the...
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Torah September 15, 2025
Ram’s Horn
The Akeidah, Avraham’s willingness to sacrifice his beloved son Yitzchak, was the climax of Avraham’s ten Divine tests and the seminal...
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Torah September 15, 2025
Nitzavim: The Missing Horse
The revolutionary Chassidic master Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was known for his unique emphasis on the importance of one’s...
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Torah September 11, 2025
Remaining Untroubled But Committed
Tikkun Olam is a beautiful concept in Judaism. It means doing any activity that improves the world, bringing it closer to...
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Torah September 10, 2025
Where Will You Be For The Holiday Prayers?
By Sivan Rahav Meir Across Israel, preparations are already underway for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. During this...
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Torah September 9, 2025
Born From Tragedy
Shmulie Hartstein insists he’s a nobody. He’ll say it with sincerity, almost apologetically, as if it were a fact beyond...
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Torah September 9, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Mendel laying Tefillin with Benjy, who built the new playground and community garden for the Chabad Center The two...
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