The Mishna says in Rosh Hashana that there are four judgment days in each year; Pesach, Shavuos, Rosh Hashana, and Succos. The gemara explains that each day has a related ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos, Chazal forbade the blowing of the shofar, lest we desecrate Shabbos by carrying the Shofar to Shul. However, the gemarra tells ..
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The Mishna says in Rosh Hashana that there are four judgment days in each year; Pesach, Shavuos, Rosh Hashana, and Succos. The gemara explains that each day has a related ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Leading up to the all important Day of Judgement and the Day of Atonement (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur respectively, for those of the Hebraic persuasion), i thought ..
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Elul is special in its own right because the days of Elul are “Yimei Ratzon”; days of goodwill and favor and not just because in it are The high holydays ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
There was once a man travelling by foot from one village to another. In order to get to this village, he needed to walk through a forest, in which he had to keep ..
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Another year has gone by. How did I improve? I haven’t… I’m stuck in the same situation, with the same problems, with the same bad luck. I didn’t ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
My dad once told me the following vort that he heard; i think it’s originally from the Kotzker Rav… For a good month and ten days from rosh chodesh elul ..
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We all know the song: Dip the apple in the honey Make a Brachah loud and clear, Shana Tova u’Mesukah Have a happy, sweet new year. Reb Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin ..
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[heard from Rav Osher Weiss]…We know that Elul is supposed to be days of introspection and fear. The shofar is supposed to spark off feelings of re-alligning ..
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