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Oct 164 min read

The Festival of Sucot

From Serious to Joy by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen There is a line in the Book of Psalms that reads “Rejoice in trembling” (Psalms 2:11) that...

Oct 153 min read

Judaism: A Sacred Union of Faith, Ethnicity, and Nationhood

by Ram ben Ze'ev Judaism is often misunderstood as merely a religion when, in fact, it is far more. Judaism encompasses not only a faith...

Oct 143 min read

The Obligation to Eat in the Sukkah

A Meal of an Established Character Throughout the entire Sukkot holiday, both during the night and day, it is prohibited to eat a meal of...

Oct 134 min read

The Walls of the Sukkah

The days between Yom Kippur and the Sukkot holiday are indeed holy ones during which we are involved with the building of the Sukkah in...

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....

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