Manifestations of Mockery – Yom Kippur
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Dramatic Dialectic – Rosh Hashana
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Teshuvah
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller-Goleib discusses the stages of Teshuvah
The Days of awe
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller discusses the dYamim Noraim
Gad’s Greatness – Getting Ready for Elul
Posted onEach Month corresponds to a tribe. Elul connects to Gad. How does this work?
Mastering the Evil Inclination
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller-Gotleib continues to discuss the book of Mishlei
Tehillim 139 – G-d’s Servant – Predetermined or Free to Choose
Posted onTehillim 139 – G-d’s Servant – Predetermined or Free to Choose
New Year New You
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Heller- Gottlieb discusses the Holiday of Rosh Hashana
Exodus Examined- Rosh Hashana
Posted onRosh Hashana – why is called a remembrance of going out of Eygpt?
Rosh Hashanah… All Year Round Part 1
Posted onBringing the enthusiasm we experience during the High Holidays to every day – Part1
Accountability And Accessibility
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On Parshat Nitzavim, Mrs. Shira Smiles addresses the question: If Hashem tells us that teshuva and Torah are so close, why does it seem so far away to us?
Parshat Ki Tavo: Submission to G-d
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In this Torah shiur (class), Rabbi Hershel Reichman expounds on the idea of bowing before G-d. This discussion is prompted by a difficult Midrash found in reference to this week’s parsha, Parshat Ki Tavo. Based on the Shem Mishmuel, this class provides a Chassidic interpretation of an essential act of prayer.
Respecting G-d
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Rabbi Jacobson discusses the prohibition of using G-d’s name in vain in various different venues.
Righteous Women in the Era of the Prophets
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Rebbetzin Heller discusses the special qualities of King David’s wives Michal, Batsheva, and Avigail, the wise woman of Tekoa, the wife of the Navi Ovadia, and other women in the time of the Prophets.
Alacrity in our Service of G-d
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In this shiur on Mesillat Yesharim, Rabbi Cohen continues with the idea of zrizus and brings practical ways of performing our service to G-d with excitement and alacrity.
Elul Through Yom Kippur: 40 Days of Recreating Our Reality
Posted onA unique look into the Yomim Noraim period.
The Words Of Rav Yehoshua Ben Prachya
Posted onIn this Torah class Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen dicusses the words of Rav Shimon Ben Prachya
Merciful Judgment
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In this shiur (Torah class) on the prayer of ‘Unetaneh Tokef’, Rabbi Avishai David discusses three possible ways of understanding this powerful prayer. The theme of this prayer is the awesomeness of judgment, which evokes fear and terror, followed by the relief that is felt upon the declaration that we can turn judgment into mercy through Teshuva, Tefilla, and Tzedaka.
Feeling the Churban
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Rebbetzin Heller speaks about the sad atmosphere of the Three Weeks, and how we can feel the reality of destruction and exile.