25 Sep Dating & Relationship Advice

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Dear Rabbi and Shira, I’m not sure what to do. My chasan who is generally responsive and attentive has become very distracted now that football season has started. He spends hours...

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24 Sep Rosh Hashanah – The State of G-d In Our World

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We often cluster Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur into one large experience- the days of solemnity and gravitas. Though the two days share much in common, they also exhibit significant...

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24 Sep Special Kasruth Questions for the Yomim Noraim with the OU’s Rabbi Moshe Elefant

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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...

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24 Sep Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, & Aseres Yemei Teshuva

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During the Aseres Yemei Teshuva we add special requests in the first and last brachos of Shmoneh Esrei (zochreinu, mi chamocha etc.) We add more tefillos on Rosh Hashana and...

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24 Sep Feel Awe But Never Give Up

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The posuk says, “Aryeh shoag, mi lo yirah – The lion roared, who is not afraid?” The verse is interpreted homiletically to reflect on the feelings of fear and trepidation...

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24 Sep A Night to Remember: On The Essence of Rosh Hashanah

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“Coronation Night” – that is how one of the great spiritual masters would define the night of Rosh Hashanah. In a 1974 sermon, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soleveitchik (1903-1993), one of the...

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24 Sep Babies Left In Cars

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Few experiences hurt more than a child’s death. Parents naturally blame themselves at some point in the mourning process but they are not to blame. G-d’s decision to take away...

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24 Sep Parshat Nitzavim: “Inscribe Us In The Book of Life – For Your Sake, O Living G-d”

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In the opening verse of Parashat Nitzavim, Moshe declares to Benei Yisrael, “Atem Nitzavim Hayom Kulechem” – “You stand before God today, all of you!” This is generally understood as...

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24 Sep Teki’as Shofar to Elevate Tefillah to Ze’akah

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When we blow the shofar during chazaras hashatz on Rosh Hashanah, the teki’os do not constitute a hefsek in the middle of the Amidah. Rather, these two entities blend together...

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17 Sep An Exclusive Interview With Zelig Friedman and Sholi Rosenblum From the Tantzers

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FAST FACTS: Years Tantzers are around: 8 Number of Tantzer volunteers: Approximately 200 Men & 100 Women Founder of the Tantzers: Zelig Friedman Coordinator of the Mens Tantzers: Sholi Rosenblum...

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