30 Sep YAMIM NORAIM: THE TRAMPLED FIELD SYNDROME

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Many people enter the season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur asking themselves, “What’s the point? I went through all this last year, and here I am, the same person as I was a year ago. Why...

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30 Sep ROSH HASHANAH THE SOUND OF A SHOFAR OR A DONKEY?

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The Mishna says [Rosh HaShanah 27b] that someone who passes the back side of a shul or someone whose house is next to a shul and he hears the Shofar has fulfilled his obligation if he intends...

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30 Sep SPECIAL ROSH HASHANA RECIPES!

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ONION JAM CHICKEN INGREDIENTS: 6 chicken bottoms 4 large Vidalia onions, thinly sliced 1/2 cup of golden raisins 3 cinnamon sticks 1/4 cup of silan 1 teaspoon turmeric Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup water DIRECTIONS: OMG, this chicken is incredible!...

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30 Sep SOPHISTICATED TESHUVAH

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We all know Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgement, when our fate is written up and our yearly sustenance is decided. But Rosh Hashanah is also the first day of the Ten Days of Repentance and one...

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30 Sep ROSH HASHANAH: ASK FOR A LOT

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During Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, some people ask for a drop more money, or a little bit more success, etc. But we can ask for so much more, and Hashem will give it to us. This is the time when...

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30 Sep SPECIAL KASHRUTH QUESTIONS FOR THE YOMIM NORAIM WITH RABBI MOSHE ELEFANT FROM THE OU

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This month many of the bakeries sell raisin challah. Many local bagel stores recently stopped selling cinnamon raisin bagels. Are raisins kosher to eat? The OU’s position is that raisins are kosher. The only issue that comes up with raisins is that you can find insects...

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30 Sep SHABBAT SHUVA TESHUBA & TORAH LEARNING

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The famous Haftara read on Shabbat Shuba – the Shabbat in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – comes from the Book of Hoshea, and begins with the prophet calling to the people, “Return, O Israel, unto...

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30 Sep IS THAT HONK NECESSARY?

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It’s 2 AM. “Ani ye’sheinah, v’leebe eir, I am sleeping, but my heart is awake.” (Shir HaShirim 5:2) I came home from Selichos a little while ago, physically tired, but spiritually awake. This year, the...

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30 Sep ROSH HASHANAH: A SMALL STEP FOR MAN; A GIANT STEP FOR G-D IT’S NEVER ALL OR NOTHING

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What’s the Novelty? Teshuvah, or repentance, one of the greatest gifts that Judaism and the Torah have given humanity, is the idea that G-d gives second chances. This is a fundamental part of the Jewish experience and is written...

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24 Sep THE POWER OF MUSIC LIVING A JEWISH AND JOYFUL LIFE WITH YAAKOV SHWEKEY

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Aryeh: Music has the power to uplift, to inspire, to elevate, and to transform a person. In the times of the Holy Temple, in the Beis Hamikdash, the Leviim were engrossed in music. They...

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