For the best part of two months an additional Psalm is recited in our liturgy. “Le’dovid Hashem ori” (Psalm 27) was chosen because allusion in it to the important ..
Written by Doniel Santhouse
The prayer entitled “U’Nesaneh Tokef” is attributed to a Rabbi Amnon of Mainz, Germany, who lived about one thousand years ago. The story behind ..
Written by The Whitefield Times
Rosh Hashana, the time where Hashem calls upon us to communally do Teshuva! This Rosh Hashana we can all do complete Teshuva!! But how do we do complete Teshuva?? ..
Written by B Rose
My dad once told me this; i think it’s from the Kotzker Rav… For a good month and ten days from rosh chodesh elul until yom kippur we add ‘ledavid ..
Written by d fine
Imagine a man is put on trial charged with having committed several crimes. After hearing the case; including the prosecution, defendant, and character witnesses, ..
Written by D Fine
Upon examining the Yom Kippur services, one finds that the services begin with a verse from Tehillim: “Light is sown for the righteous, and for the upright ..
Written by B Rose
Yom Kippur 5768 (2007) Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year. For 25 hours we live on the level of angels. We don’t eat or drink. We dress in white. We pray ..
Written by Tal Segal
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 ..
Written by Jordan Jay
Sometimes when one asks a question, he receives a mediocre answer and is told ‘the question is better than the answer.’ Other times, the answer is better than ..
Written by Daniel Fine
Heard this comforting Chasidic Tora bout Ben Hametzarim. The Passok from Eicha goes: “kol rodfeh hiseguha ben hametzarim”,meaning that those who chased ..
Written by E Eiferman