21 Sep TORAH WELLSPRINGS: ROSH HASHANA

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 Just one step Sometimes, taking just one step forward in avodas Hashem will make all the difference. Consider what happens when two people are rushing into an elevator, but one of...

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21 Sep ONE POT POMEGRANATE CHICKEN & POTATOES

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INGREDIENTS:  8 potatoes peeled and sliced 6-8 Chicken thighs depending on the size – fat cleaned away but skin left on 4 cloves of garlic peeled and halved 4 red onions peeled, chopped in chunks...

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14 Sep HALACHICALLY SPEAKING: REFRAINING FROM NUTS AND OTHER FOODS DURING THE YOMIM NORAIM

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 We are all familiar with the simonim that are eaten on Rosh Hashanah. However, some foods are avoided from Rosh Hashanah until as late as Hoshanah Rabbah. What are these...

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14 Sep KI SAVO: STAYING ON TOP OF ONE’S BLESSINGS

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 In the prelude to the Tochacha (section of chastisement), the Torah says “…And you will be only on top and you will not be on the bottom…” [Devorim 28:13]. What...

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14 Sep CAN MASHIACH COME ON ROSH HASHANAH?

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 We believe, with complete faith, that Mashiach will come and we wait daily for his arrival. Does that mean that he can come any day? On the one hand, this...

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14 Sep WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD GOOSEBUMPS?

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 The home of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been preserved and serves as a museum in Bonn, Germany. One historical gem in the museum is the piano upon...

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14 Sep TZEDAKAH – A GREAT WAY TO HAVE A BETTER NEW YEAR – PART ONE

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 If I were to ask you which mitzvah we should zoom-in on in Elul, you would likely answer tshuvah, repentance. You would then reasonably follow-up with the task of making...

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14 Sep FORGET THE RABBI THE CANTOR, THE LION & THE FOX

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The Last Wish On Rosh Hashanah night, the Kazaks captured the rabbi, the cantor and the president of the synagogue, and granted them a final wish before they would be put to death. The Rabbi: All year round I prepare...

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14 Sep PARSHAS KI TAVO

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Even in the Darkness It isn’t hard to believe in Hashem when everything is going well. The trick is to believe in Hashem when you are going through hard times. This...

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14 Sep DON’T BE AFRAID TO LEAVE SOMETHING ON THE PLATE!

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The Gemara in Masechet Eruvin cites Rabbi Yehoshua as telling of his experiences when he was once hosted by a certain family. The first night, the woman served a large, scrumptious meal, and he ate everything in his plate....

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