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22 Sept 2026 08:16
For generations, we have been told the same story about Yom Kippur: it is the "Day of Judgment." We are taught that on that day HaShem sits as the stern judge, we are the desperate defendants, and a host of angels are arguing over our fate. It is our frame of mind that is rooted in fear, and deep discomfort.
30 Aug 2026 15:15
Growing Closer to Adonai Through Daily Practice
19 Aug 2026 21:10
Elul is the Twelfth month of the Jewish calendar and the sixth month counting from the month of Nisan. It has a element of Yessod, and is the sixth Sefira that delivers the light to the world, Malchus which is the lowest safira on the Sefiros.
17 Aug 2026 07:38
When we enter Shabbos, we recite Kabbalos Shabbos and kiddush on Friday night as well as following with daytime kiddush the next day. We ask HaShem to "Grant us Your holy Shabbos" even though we already received Shabbos on Friday.
23 Apr 2026 08:40
Yom HaShoah, we remember — not to understand and not even to memorialise the victims, but what we do about it. Through pain and despair, we raised a new generation committed to and proud of their heritage.
18 Feb 2026 07:44
Judaism does not believe in freedom of speech; there are certain ways of saying something. When we speak about other people, Kabbalah teaches us that speech itself has an effect beyond the way in which we say something to one another.
21 Jan 2026 11:12
Serving HaShem is placing our trust in Him for all our matters, and among them is peace of mind in trusting HaShem. When we choose not to trust HaShem and place our trust in something other than Him, HaShem will remove His providence from us and leave it in the hands of the one we trust instead.
17 Dec 2025 11:34
Chassidim is one of the great success stories in world history of religious movements. When the Baal Shem Tov died in 1760, there were no more than twenty to thirty followers linked to and who could claim his legacy. All of his followers were within the far south-eastern corner of Poland, near the borders of Russia. There is little knowledge of any influence of the Baal Shem Tov beyond his followers and his hometown, Miedzybozh. Half a century later, larger parts of Eastern European Jews considered themselves followers of the Baal Shem Tov — the Chassidic movement.