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Rabbi Allen Schwartz, from Congregation Ohab Zedek, NYC, talks at Adereth El Congregation, NY about Bein Keseh L’Assor – Between the Hidden Moon and the Tenth of the Month. Rosh Hashana...

Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (Senior Rabbi, Congregation Knesset Israel, Far Rockaway, NY) visits Young Israel of Jamaica Estates to deliver an inspiring message of Teshuva, according to the Rav’s conceptual analysis.

We associate viduy with teshuva, and on Yom Kippur we express teshuva though confessing and regretting our sins, but in what sense is it that Rosh Hashana is the first day...

Rabbi Weinreb discusses the role of simcha in the celebration of Rosh Hashanah. There is a paradox in many of our observances…sometimes we are asked to contain within our selves two...

Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf, author of “The Survival Kit” series, discusses the shofar and its impact on us during the yamim noraim. What if we missed the call of the Shofar? What...

The dichotomy of Menachem Av, the “moed” of Tisha B’Av on the one hand and Tu B’Av on the other hand, & the Restoration of the Torah with Moshiach’s arrival.

Gaining more from Tisha B’Av: Rabbi Krupka discusses the transition we make on Tisha B’Av from mourning to consolation & our ability to move forward. We are mourning that the Shechinah...

Delving deeper into Tisha B’Av: In the midst of tragedy there is hope. The fact that so many tragedies occurred on one specific day affirms that our covenant with God hasn’t been broken.

Drawing from diverse Torah scholars including Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik and the present day Slonimer Rebbe, noted Torah scholar and respected psychotherapist, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, weaves compelling interpretations, midrashim,...

Rabbi Weinreb discusses the differences in the prayers we recite on Tisha B’Av from the rest of the year, both historical and contemporary.