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Rosh Hashanah 5768 - September 12, 2007
Jewish Holidays
A Blast of Light
Rosh Hashanah holds within it an awesome power. The light of the past is withdrawn, and the light of the future has yet to come down into the world and into your life. The Book is open. What will you choose?
Rosh Hashanah holds within it an awesome power. The light of the past is withdrawn, and the light of the future has yet to come down into the world and into your life. The Book is open. What will you choose?
Why Don’t I Feel Inspired Anymore?
I got into Jewish things and spirituality around a year ago, and I was feeling really motivated and inspired. But now I just don’t have the passion for it anymore. What happened?
I got into Jewish things and spirituality around a year ago, and I was feeling really motivated and inspired. But now I just don’t have the passion for it anymore. What happened?
Holding G‑d in Her Hands
It was obvious that G‑d was there in the room. Because she was talking to Him.
It was obvious that G‑d was there in the room. Because she was talking to Him.
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
Rosh Hashanah Torah Readings in a Nutshell
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
The Jewish Woman
Pickles in the Shower
We can read, learn, and intellecutalize to refine our mothering methods--but the bottom line is: we don't need to behave like a mother, we need to roll up our sleeves and be a mother.
We can read, learn, and intellecutalize to refine our mothering methods--but the bottom line is: we don't need to behave like a mother, we need to roll up our sleeves and be a mother.
Life, Death and In-Between
At every juncture, on every bridge, at every bend in the road, with every turn of the head, someone lives, someone dies, someone waits, someone cries...
At every juncture, on every bridge, at every bend in the road, with every turn of the head, someone lives, someone dies, someone waits, someone cries...
Castle or Prison?
Physical darkness obscures and dims our vision, significantly handicapping one of our more sensitive senses. Nighttime can be frightening and misleading. Harmless objects appear menacing and take on lifelike properties . . .
Physical darkness obscures and dims our vision, significantly handicapping one of our more sensitive senses. Nighttime can be frightening and misleading. Harmless objects appear menacing and take on lifelike properties . . .
News
Russian Colonel Partners with New Army Rabbi
Rabbi Aron Gurevitch made strides in his first year as the Russian army’s first-ever rabbi, thanks to the help of a Jewish colonel, Simon Zokhorovich.
Rabbi Aron Gurevitch made strides in his first year as the Russian army’s first-ever rabbi, thanks to the help of a Jewish colonel, Simon Zokhorovich.
Lifecycle Events
On Rosh Hashanah, hundreds of angels eagerly wait for one to speak some honest praise about another. Because they know well how much the One Above yearns to hear His children's praise.
— Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (1834-1882)
Print Magazine
True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.
True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity, the beauty that emerges from a panorama of colors, strokes and textures, from the harmony of many instruments each playing a unique part, n...
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