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The book of Yonah (Jonah) which we read at Mincha on Yom Kippur shows us that not only can’t we run from Hashem, but also that if you truly repent, even...

Rabbi Weil discusses themes we encounter in the Machzor including the 13 Middos, Akeida, Yom Teruah, Eim Sisera, Zechariah, Rachel, Shofar Gadol, Chana, & the Seir HaMishtaleach, and how both the Living & the Dead...

In Jeremiah Chapter 31 the prophet urges the Jews, who are going into exile to return to God so that He will show mercy on us on this day of judgement....

The link between the Torah reading & Haftarah: Abraham, Sarah, Chana’s prayers are answered & they give birth. Like birth, Rosh HaShanah is a new beginning. Haftorahman brings you a shiur...

God created us and gave us the assets we have.  The condition is that we “sacrifice”, by dedicating our abilities and talents to bettering this world and building a better tomorrow.

“Woe to the Children”: The kinot make almost little mention of the loss of the Bet HaMikdash. Most focus on 2 themes: Jewish suffering & desecration of God’s name (chillul Hashem). Recorded...

“Grappling With Destruction”: On Tisha B’Av we re-experience a funeral, the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash & other tragedies throughout Jewish history through the kinot & prophets. Rabbi Weil’s Kinot from...

Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil as part of the World of Western Mediterranean Jewry Series.

The personal losses of the churban – The Death of the Righteous: The Tragedy of the Deaths of Yoshiyahu HaMelech, The Children of Rabbi Yishmael, and the Ten Martyrs – Presented...

In Tisha B’Av Kinah 25 we mourn the loss of the Jews of the Rhineland, the center of Judaism, including Speyer, Worms, & Mainz in the First Crusade. OU Tisha B’Av...