Everyone knows that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are days of judgment; therefore, we do teshuvah and daven a lot on them. The Kabbalah sefarim reveal that Hoshana Rabbah is also a day of judgment. But since Shas and poskim hardly mention the judgment...
What foods should one eat at the seuda ha’mafsekes (last meal) on erev Yom Kippur? Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 608:4) writes that on erev Yom Kippur, one should eat light foods that are easily digestible,...
The Gemara (Yoma 87a) tells that the great sage Rav was once insulted by the local butcher. Over the next several months, Rav waited for the butcher to apologize, but he never did. Finally, on Erev Yom Kippur,...
Yom Kippur. As children, we had the z’chus to daven with Zeide and Mama, our grandparents z”l. Kol Nidrei night. Year after year, Zeide would speak to the members of his shul, always delivering the...
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...
We are living in a time of more words than ever before. Think about how many words we encounter and produce in a single day. Texts, WhatsApps, emails, posts, comments, voice notes, captions, reactions. And now with AI, we...
As we stand in the midst of the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, it is worthwhile to find out a fundamental question: What exactly is teshuvah? At first glance, the answer seems obvious: improving our ways and turning away from sin....
Dear Rabbi and Shira , Hi. I’m engaged to a great guy. My issue with him is that he seems very indecisive in terms of which career to pursue. After many...
As we approach the Yom Tov of Yom Kippur, thoughts of the day’s significance occupy our minds. At the same time, we’re also concerned about how we will make it through the fast. One of the interesting mitzvos we have...
I. Changing the Ending People are familiar with the changes to the Amidah prayer during Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, the time from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur. In addition to four insertions, we say Ha-Melech Ha-Kadosh and Ha-Melech Ha-Mishpat at the...