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The Zohar says that Yom HaKippurim is like Purim. How are these two seemingly polar opposite days similar? Mar berei D’Ravina fasted all year except for 3 days, Erev Yom Kippur,...

Why is Elul alluded to in מגילת אסתר in the context of משלוח מנות?  Why does  Nechemiah specifically tell the nation to send מנות to those who don’t have on Rosh...

The minhag was that everybody fasted on Erev Rosh Hashana and to wake up early before dawn to daven selichot. Why? If someone does teshuva one day a year it’s as...

Unlike other two-day Yomim Tovim, Rosh Hashana is halachically viewed as one long day. What is the deeper significance? Yom Kippur is the one day of the year when the Satan...

All disagreements in life result from poorly-defined expectations. The Chofetz Chaim discusses faith within halacha in the context of partnerships with non-Jews and Shabbos.  His discussion of the importance of Torah...

 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein We all know that Hashem commanded us to hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The basic number of sounds...

The Rambam writes in eight places that the mitzvah is to listen, not to blow the shofar. The Semag, Sheiltot, and Rosh hold that the mitzvah is to blow the shofar....

How do we prepare for Selichot? Do we lose any sleep over our sins as we approach Rosh Hashana, the Day of Judgement? Selichot are meant to wake us up. to...

According to the Levush Selichot are modeled after davening, we begin with Pesukei D’Zimra, then kaddish, then the thirteen middot and selichot (which parallel the amida), followed by Tachanun and full...

Many of the Maharal’s writings focus on the distinction between the world as it should be and the world as it is. The difference between חומר and צורה parallels the difference between...