Seeking Tzion: The Missing Ingredient of Our Lulav Experience
With the oncoming Chag HaSukkot, Jews around the world will be enthusiastically choosing their daled minim in order to fulfill…
Read MoreWith the oncoming Chag HaSukkot, Jews around the world will be enthusiastically choosing their daled minim in order to fulfill…
Read MoreWhile every tefillah of Yom Kippur is essential, Neilah (the last tefillah of Yom Kippur) is probably themost potent and…
Read MoreThis year, on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, our shuls will be silent from the sound of the shofar.…
Read MoreIn the times of the Second Temple, when we had the privilege of bringing sacrifices in Jerusalem and eating from…
Read MoreOn the eve of Shabbat, in practically every Jewish community in the world, a beautiful piyyut is recited as part…
Read MoreOur parsha mentions the mitzvah of hashavat aveidah (returning a lost object): You shall not see your brother’s ox or…
Read MoreThere are two ways for us to serve God: as slaves and as children. In multiple places the Torah declares…
Read MoreIn our parsha, Moshe highlights the importance of fearing God. In an important summary statement, Moshe delineates some of the…
Read MoreThis week’s haftorah consists of Yeshayahu’s haunting prophecy regarding the corruption and future punishment of the Jewish people. While most…
Read MoreOur parsha opens with a discussion of oaths and vows. To be a bonified vow, the person taking the vow…
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