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| No More Fashion Show |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| The women who flaunt themselves and crave for attention are far from happy. How can they be? There can be no happiness in a place devoid of Hashem's Holy Presence... |
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| The Shofar: Breaking Free |
| By Menachem Zakai |
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| What is the teshuvah needed before Rosh Hashanah? How should we prepare ourselves? What should we think about? What does the shofar accomplish for us individually? |
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| The Snare of Self-Prosecution |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Who would be so daft to agree to a guilty verdict against themselves? You're right - no one. Yet, we get tricked into incriminating ourselves constantly… |
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| Call of the Great Shofar |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| The least preferred shofar is the wake-up call that comes from antisemitic nations, warning the Jews to escape while they still can and flee to their own land. |
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| Your First Rosh Hashana |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| In Israel, there are thousands of new Baalei Teshuva for whom this will be their first Rosh Hashana as observant Jews; Rabbi Lazer Brody gives them useful advice… |
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| Apples and Honey |
| By Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld |
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| The Rosh Hashanna custom of dipping apples in honey is not some childish way to arouse sleepy children at the holiday table – it’s deeply rooted in Jewish esoteric thought… |
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| Walk, Don’t Fly |
| By Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai |
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| Why didn’t Hashem create us with wings like the birds? By walking, we’re can’t fly to do a sin – we have more time for introspection and for pondering about our actions… |
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| Four Steps to Success |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| True, we should have been doing teshuva all year long, every single day. But what do we do now, that Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Repentance, and Yom Kippur are upon us? |
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| A Story For The Days of Awe |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Luban |
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| In a frenzy, I highlighted other entries. Some of the mitzvos were very impressive, but the aveiros were terribly embarrassing. My whole life... |
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| Unesaneh Tokef |
| By Artscroll Siddur |
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| Let us now relate the power of this day’s holiness, for it is awesome and frightening. On it Your Kingship will be exalted... |
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| Unesaneh Tokef - Rabbi Amnon of Mainz |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| …the bishop tried to bribe Rabbi Amnon with promises of fame and money if he would convert to Catholicism. But Rabbi Amnon remained steadfast. He would never convert... |
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| Tzom Gedalia - The Fast of Gedaliah |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| The fast is observed on the day immediately following Rosh Hashanah, the third of Tishrei. In the Prophetic Writings this fast is called 'The Fast of the Seventh' in allusion to... |
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| Rosh Hashana - The Familiar Voice |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| The call of the shofar reminds the King of Kings of our virtues, just as the whisper of the village-born soldier reminded his king of that fateful night... |
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