Rabbi Sacks: Parshat Vayelech: The Second Mountain

So, as Moses faced his own life’s end, what was there left to do? The book of Devarim contains and constitutes the answer.

The Bucket List and Rosh Hashanah

The High Holy days represent the time when we need to mentally create a bucket list not of places we haven’t yet been but of good deeds we haven’t yet done.

Rosh Hashanah (New Year) Guide for the Perplexed, 2018

1. Rosh Hashanah (“the beginning of the year” in Hebrew), the Jewish New Year (5,779), is celebrated on the first day of the Jewish...

Tefillah – A Meeting With Hashem: Aleinu – The Coronation

Every year on Rosh Hashanah we once again coronate Hashem as the King. How?

Parshat Nitzavim

This week's parsha presents us with an example that balances the need to guard information with the need to reveal it on some level.

Rosh Hashanah’s Three Important Words

Being a Torah Jew means "Making It Happen" 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. It requires determination, focus and lots of positive energy but it's all worth it because we were chosen for this job above 99% of the world so Hashem knows we can do it.

Tips In His Pocket

An inspired and inspiring list of "SHOULDS" for Elul--and the whole year

Vacation Before Elul?

Elul is when we are supposed to put a halt on the wheels of habit and do some spiritual contemplating and penetrating soul-searching.

Redeeming Relevance: Rosh Hashanah: What was Avraham Supposed to do for an Encore?

No matter how hard we work on ourselves, we can never be totally prepared for the challenges ahead. And that is actually a good thing. Not only would life be less interesting, but a great deal of its meaning would otherwise be taken away. As Rebbe Nachman said, “If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?”

Q & A: Shema Koleinu (Part I)

Question: When the cantor says Shema Koleinu during the High Holiday season, he skips several lines during the interactive recitation. Why? A Reader Wilkes Barre, PA

Daf Yomi

A Sefer Torah That Fell 'As Though Bitten by a Snake' (Menachos 32b)

The Call Of The Shofar, Interrupted

The Hatzalah volunteers administered oxygen and got the family to the hospital. B’ezrat Hashem they will all be O.K.”

Rosh Hashanah On 9/11: Coincidence?

In the aftermath of 9/11 many people were fearful of another terrorist attack. Indeed, from that day on we entered into a new era of global terrorism.

The World Is Waiting For You

The terms of Jewish history were about to shift from Divine initiative to human initiative. This is what Moses was preparing the Israelites for in the last month of his life. This is the epic significance of Nitzavim

The Trouble with Life is That it Doesn’t Come with a Soundtrack

The sages make a fascinating but perplexing comment concerning the actions of Aaron, brother of Moses....

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Nitzavim: Are Bad Thoughts worse than Bad Actions?

Our repentance can retroactively cleanse the spiritual ledger. It can wipe the slate clean and allows us to start our spiritual accounting anew, refreshed, rejuvenated.

Rosh Hashanah Resolutions

I will ask for forgiveness and tell all the people that I spoke Lashon Hara, gossip, about them and lose all my friends. I will give chocolate to all the people who I spoke Lashon Hara about, so they will like me again.

Parashat Ki Tavo

The more we realize our obligation to Hashem, the greater the joy will be when we fulfill that obligation.

Let Go, Let God

“On paper, it really doesn’t make any sense to make this trip.” The Rebbe looked at him and replied, “It doesn't make sense on paper? So break the pencil and go!”

Preparing For The New Year

l the parshiyot we read during Elul serve as reminders for how we can fix and improve our lives before the coming new year. The opening verses of each of these parshiyot point toward the direction we should go

When Is Shabbat Over?

Except in extremely northern locales, the sky is dark and filled with stars well before the time that people claim is tzeit ha’kochavim according to Rabbenu Tam.

A New CD By Chazan Benny Rogosnitzky Looks To Inspire Daveners and Baalei Tefillah...

“When you realize that you are the one carrying them and taking their tefillos to the Ribono Shel Olam, that shift puts everything into perspective.”

Q & A: The Hereafter – Olam Haba (Conclusion)

Question: How do we know that there is an olam haba – a world to come? L. Papirmeister

A Prerequisite Confession

In order for a person to properly confess a sin he must first feel that he is great. He must have an appreciation for himself and his self-worth.

Hakoras Hatov

I endured a personal trial as I struggled to become a mother. In a community where just about every event is geared toward families, I felt the pain of not fitting in.

Planting Seeds

I never questioned why he insisted that we had to meet Naomi, and immediately acceded to his request. Yet when he had suggested that I write to the Lubavitcher Rebbe to ask for a bracha for children, I feared a negative response and refused.

Daf Yomi

Apples And Oranges ‘Two Menachos Were Mixed But The Handfuls Were Not Taken’ (Menachos 23a)

No, You Can’t Cheat Creditors

If a borrower dispossesses his assets to evade his creditors, his cunning plans are void, and they can collect the assets.

Certainty and Randomness, Each in Its Place

Terumah thanks kohanim for their service and supports them (more so than bikkurim, which were a smaller percentage of the crop). It makes sense to allow each Jew to choose recipients, to thank him or them for all they’ve done.

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