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David Wilder, spokesman for The Committee of The Jewish Community of Hebron discusses Yom Kippur and stories related to Yom Kippur in Hebron. If you have questions or comments for David...

A discussion of the structure of the Mussaf for Rosh Hashanah which includes 3 themes: malchuyot, zichronot, and shofarot.

Years when Rosh HaShanah is on Shabbos are historically very good or very bad for us. It depends whether we kept Shabbos and it can advocate for us. Recorded September 19,...

A spark of teshuva for Rosh HaShana.  A story about one of the survivors of the 1929 Hebron massacre who ran away from it all and abandoned Israel, only to have...

A discussion of the following ideas: “Naseh Adam”, choosing can only be for the good, Rosh Hashanah and Teshuva from fear vs. Yom Kippur and Teshuva from love, eternal life and...

The Yerushalmi Talmud rules that one is prohibited from making personal requests from God on Shabbat…but it should be permitted for us to make requests from God at the end of...

The Tisha B’Av kinah of “Sha’ali Srufa Ba’Esh” is An Elegy composed by the Maharam of Rothenburg for the Burning of the Talmud in Paris in 1242. Shiur presented by Rabbi Jack Bieler of...

We plead for Hashem for the Chillul Hashem caused by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem – Presented by Rabbi Aaron Cohen of Congregation Tifereth Israel, Passaic, NJ.

The similarities & differences between mourning over a lost relative and mourning over the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash. Given on July 26, 2006.

Why do we say a kinah about the Crusades on Tisha B’Av if it’s unrelated to the churban? It reminds us of the danger of becoming too comfortable in exile. The...