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Showing posts with label Teshuva - Repentance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teshuva - Repentance. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Nitzavim - "Those Who Repent..."

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Parshas Nitzavim is a direct continuation from the end of Parshas Ki Savo , which we read last week. The main theme of Ki Savo was the To...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ki Sisa - The Sin of the Golden Calf and its Lessons

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The story of the sin of the golden calf is one of the most difficult passages in the Torah. On one hand, it was clearly a grave sin. On the...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Va'eira - The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart

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In Parshas Va'eira  we read of the first seven of the ten plagues that God inflicted upon the Egyptians. Before the plagues, God instru...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Forgiveness for Inter-Personal Sins

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Jewish law requires us to ask forgiveness from anyone whom we may have harmed, whether the harm was physical, financial, emotional, or soci...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Using the Opportunity of Rosh Hashana

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אמר רבי כרוספדאי אמר רבי יוחנן: שלשה ספרים נפתחין בראש השנה, אחד של רשעים גמורין, ואחד של צדיקים גמורין, ואחד של בינוניים. צדיקים גמורין ־ ...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy - The 13 Middos Shel Rachamim

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One of the main features of the prayers of the High Holy Days is the recitation of the י"ג מדות של רחמים – the Thirteen Attributes of...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Elul – The Lion Roars

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“The lion roars! Who is not afraid?” – Amos 3:8 The commentaries (של"ה הקדוש, מס' ר"ה, נר מצוה בשם הקדמונים) tell us that t...
Monday, August 13, 2012

From Av to Elul – From Tragedy to Repentance

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We are currently in the Jewish month of Av , the month devoted to mourning the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem – which culmin...
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