In Ashkenazi tradition, [Many communities have their own customs as to when exactly they start the Selichot] the Selichot are recited after midnight on a Saturday night before Rosh HaShana. All subsequent Selichot are held just before morning prayers. The liturgy for the High Holiday Selichot is not found in… Read More »SELICHOT OR NO SELICHOT? THATS THE QUESTION
Humanity’s nature is to avoid contemplating our obligations in the world. Even though these contemplations are necessary for one’s existence and one’s situation in life, we just do not want to deal with them… The knowledge of one’s perceived smallness versus one’s enormous responsibilities and obligations troubles a person and… Read More »BEING REAL WITH OURSELVES: THE BLESSING OF ELUL
בס”ד This discussion challenges the notion of atonement by blood alone, exploring the significance of repentance and the pursuit of justice within the context of the Jewish month of Elul and Rosh Hashanah. We are in the month of Elul, preparing for Rosh Hoshanah, the Jewish New Year. At four… Read More »ATONEMENT BY BLOOD ALONE?
Introduction On Rosh Hashanah, it is a mitzvah for Jewish people to hear the sound of the shofar, as mentioned in Numbers 29:1, where this day is referred to as the “day of the blast.” 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have… Read More »THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SHOFAR ON ROSH HASHANAH
Elul and Rosh HaShanah a month of self-analysis There are Jewish holidays that apply only specifically to Israel and there are Jewish holidays that also have universal significance. Although Noahides are not obliged to observe these holidays, you can give them attention given their importance. One of the holidays is… Read More »ELUL – ROSH HASHANAH – A SEASON OF SELF-ANALYSIS
At first, glance, which doesn’t seem like such a complicated question. The first day of Shavuot is the 6th of Sivan and thus the day the Torah was given. At first, glance, which does not seem like such a complicated question, which was on Shavuot. After all, we have concluded… Read More »On Which Date was the Torah Given?
Lag BaOmer 5784 – May 26 in 2024 Lag BaOmer – the 18the of Iyar – is the day commemorating, among other things, the end of a plague that prevailed among Rabbi Akiva’s students. Originally, Rabbi Akiva was a shepherd. One day he saw how water was able to break… Read More »Lag BaOmer – Respect each other
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