Judaism

In a more hopeful explanation, the Ohr HaChaim suggests that the pasuk is presenting alternative options that lead to repentance.

Because of his strong kesher to my husband, he and his family had opted to join our shul for Rosh Hashanah. So, serendipitously, he was available – not to mention ready, willing, and able – to don all the hats that had suddenly been vacated.

The “head” – the great Torah leaders – are dependent upon all lower “limbs” of our people for their spiritual completeness.

A Transfusion, An Element Of Life “Blood-Let Of A Sanctified Animal…” (Me’ilah 12)

A person should never despair of his ability to do teshuvah.

Question: How should one do teshuvah during this Elul and Yamim Nora’im season? Zvi Unger

“Whom am I kidding? I’ve been promising to be better in these areas for the last decade.” Doing teshuvah almost seems like an exercise in futility.

"Charging a price significantly different from the norm is a violation of ona'ah," explained Rabbi Dayan.

Some Jews have a custom to greet others on the first night of Rosh Hashanah with the words “Le’shanah tova tei’katev ve’tei’chatem le’alter le’chaim tovim u’le’shalom.

Why don’t we find the teshuvah process to be a part of the Rosh Hashanah davening, as we do on Yom Kippur?

When you cannot see Him, it is because you are looking in the wrong direction. When He seems absent, He is there just behind you, but you have to turn to meet Him. Do not treat Him like a stranger. He loves you. He believes in you.

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Hashem set the world in motion and is in charge of this world, at all times. We know this as a fact, but we do not necessarily feel this protection when something goes wrong in our day.

How tolerant should a person be of a son-in-law’s desire to keep his own minhagim at his (the father-in-law’s) Yom Tov table?

Since we are taught that each person is like a universe, to casually dispense with one individual is like dispensing with an entire universe.

Finally, in a choked voice, the father said, “Yanky has a brother, Mutty, who has been in the hospital with a debilitating illness for many months.”

When she proffered a 20-shekel note to the bus driver, she couldn’t fathom why he wouldn’t accept it.

I then handed her the Shabbos candles and she froze right there. She said, “Now I will light. Thank you very much,” and then proceeded to kiss my wife on both cheeks .

“Selichah” also refers to a type of liturgical poem, or piyut, characterized by begging for forgiveness.

Choosing what really matters

Rabbeinu Bachya gives another reason. He says breaking a glass recalls the breaking of the first luchos. The first luchos, which were given in front of millions of people, ended up in smithereens.

The path of Chabad, on the other hand, while maintaining the close Rebbe-chassid relationship, emphasizes personal labor in serving Hashem.

A friend told me about a niggun for what to me is a new zemer and I have recently begun singing it. It has had a profound impact on me and how uplifted I feel on Shabbos...

Question: How should one do teshuvah during this Elul and Yamim Nora’im season? Zvi Unger

A President Vacates The White House ‘Once Permitted To Kohanim, Me’ilah Does Not Apply’ (Me’ilah 4b)

Why would Hashem cause Iran to pick a fight with the most powerful nation the world has ever known?

Being happy is a vital and necessary component in the performance of mitzvot.

He was also more of a moderate, not relying on the zealous methods of his teacher, but on a more pragmatic approach.

A large part of what Moshe is doing in the book of Devarim is retelling that story to the next generation, reminding them of what G-d had done for their parents and of some of the mistakes their parents had made. Moshe, as well as being the great liberator, is the supreme storyteller. Yet what he does in this week's parsha, Ki Tavo, extends way beyond this.

A lender holding a loan document acknowledged that he received payment, but claimed that the payment was for another, undocumented, loan.