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Oct 133 min read

Mistranslating Torah: How Key Hebrew Concepts Have Been Distorted

by Ram ben Ze'ev Over time, many Hebrew words, phrases, and Torah concepts have been mistranslated and misunderstood by the nations,...

Oct 115 min read

Yom HaKippurim

As Yom Kippur closes we must ensure that we have repented and be like HaShem’s children! Ideas which Maran tz”l said on Yom HaKippurim in...

Oct 113 min read

The Soul’s Journey: Reincarnation and Completing the 613 Mitzvot on Yom Kippur

by Ram ben Ze'ev In Jewish mysticism, the concept of reincarnation, known as gilgul hanefesh (גלגול הנפש), plays a central role in...

Oct 105 min read

Yom Kipur Eve

Hope or Trust? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen We approach Yom Kipur with both negative and positive emotions. Never more so than this year. For...

Oct 104 min read

Motza’ei Yom Kippur-Unique Laws for this Year

Adding From the Mundane Onto the Holiness One must add some of the mundane weekday onto the holiness of Yom Kippur upon its exit, i.e....

Oct 94 min read

Eating and Washing Oneself on Yom Kippur

Regarding the custom of Kapparot, we have discussed in the past that this custom may be fulfilled through money. A bill is taken ($10,...

Oct 85 min read

Erev Yom Kippur and Maran zt”l’s Epic Words, “I Forgive Everyone”

The Mitzvah to Eat on Erev Yom Kippur The Torah (Vayikra 23) states: “And you shall oppress yourselves on the ninth of the month at...

Oct 73 min read

One Year Since the Atrocities: Reflecting on the Cost and Sacrifice

by Ram ben Ze'ev As we mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating atrocities that shook Israel, the scars left by the violence...

Oct 74 min read

The Ten Days of Repentance

“Seek Hashem When He is Present” Our Sages teach us (Rosh Hashanah 18a) teach us that the words of the verse “Seek out Hashem when He is...

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