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Elul: Entering and exiting

Elul: Entering and exiting

Here we are again, not having met our past aspirations. What can we do to be more successful in the coming year?Rabbanit Shira Smiles, 14/08/2021 22:45
The ultimate Le'chayim

The ultimate Le'chayim

No matter how far a person has fallen in his observance of Torah and Mitzvot, there is always a way back- a life-line.Danny Ginsbourg, 20/07/2021 13:39
Weekly Tanya video\lecture: The Epistle on Repentance

Weekly Tanya video\lecture: The Epistle on Repentance

The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.Rabbi Shimon Aisenbach, 29/06/2021 22:22
The light of teshuva - a nation returning to its roots

The light of teshuva - a nation returning to its roots

Rabbi Kook teaches that in the return of even secular Zionists to Israel there is a profound holy core, there is the light of teshuva.Tzvi Fishman, 27/09/2020 16:15
Why ten days?

Why ten days?

The ten days are not there just in case you need more time, but so that the process of Teshuva can be assimilated into our lives.Rabbi Moshe Kempinski, 24/09/2020 13:31
The wondrous two he-goats

The wondrous two he-goats

Is atonement for sins between man and Hashem dependent on his having appeased his fellow man, for any sins against him?Danny Ginsbourg, 23/09/2020 10:53
Masters of our own Destiny

Masters of our own Destiny

As we prepare to stand before the King, we must look inside ourselves because we have the capacity for greatness. It depends only on us.Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, 18/09/2020 09:00
An introduction to Rav Kook's concept of teshuva

An introduction to Rav Kook's concept of teshuva

Rav Kook's definition of teshuva is on a totally different plane than the one used in our daily discourse.Rabbi Avraham Y. Sylvetsky, 17/09/2020 11:54
Days of Awe in the shadow of corona

Days of Awe in the shadow of corona

The courtyard and balcony minyans required this year due to Corona hold a great blessing. We just have to look for it.Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, 14/09/2020 13:34
Ask the children studying in the local cheder - they know the answer

Ask the children studying in the local cheder - they know the answer

We are treatng the plague's symptoms but not its underlying cause.We need the language of teshuva and a deeper, spiritual healing. first.Tzvi Fishman, 10/09/2020 13:35
Can we change?

Can we change?

Every space, every line in the Torah has meaning.  Even the number of pesukim between topics can teach us a lesson-that change takes time.Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran, 09/09/2020 09:33
The Daily Portion, Nitzavim-Vayelech / Elul at the football stadium

The Daily Portion, Nitzavim-Vayelech / Elul at the football stadium

Teshuva does not have to be a grandiose act. Sometimes it is a small action that makes a big change.Sivan Rahav-Meir, 08/09/2020 23:27
Thoughts on the impact of the Coronavirus on the world of Jewish outreach

Thoughts on the impact of the Coronavirus on the world of Jewish outreach

Applying lessons from Rav Yitzchok Hutner about the Holocaust to Jewish outreach at this time.Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin, 26/05/2020 08:32
Pesach Sheni: The world can change

Pesach Sheni: The world can change

A second Passover? We just celebrated Pesach a month ago and many of us never heard of a Second Pesach - a special kind of second chance.Rabbi Eli Hecht, 07/05/2020 16:28
Teshuva: The power to reconnect and recreate

Teshuva: The power to reconnect and recreate

Rabbi Yitzchak Botton explains how the shofar, ram's horn, is related to teshuva, the process of reconnecting with Hashem.Arutz Sheva Staff, 26/09/2019 14:53
A child's secret to Teshuva

A child's secret to Teshuva

Rabbi Yitzchak Botton: Take a look at life through the eyes of a child and find the secret to a new and better year.Arutz Sheva Staff, 25/09/2019 22:15
Filling the hole in my soul

Filling the hole in my soul

A peace activist who had never found peace, Leah Neuberger was 31 years old when she first met her own religion.Judy Simon, 02/08/2019 18:12
From spiritual alienation and existential loneliness to faith

From spiritual alienation and existential loneliness to faith

Returning to the fold in the thought of Rav Soloveitchik and the messages of Bob Dylan's songs.Dr. Chaim Charles Cohen, 15/11/2016 21:22
Be careful, Californians: Grass can kill

Be careful, Californians: Grass can kill

A warning to the states that legalized marijuana. Tzvi Fishman, 13/11/2016 06:59
Dont' worry! Be happy!

Dont' worry! Be happy!

Rabbi Kook's perspective on penitence is astounding. Tzvi Fishman, 24/09/2016 22:07
You're wasting your time, tears!

You're wasting your time, tears!

A long road and a conscious and difficult decision to move forward towards the light. Aya Kremerman, 12/09/2016 07:56
Musician Kleinstein Finding Faith

Musician Kleinstein Finding Faith

Singer-composer Rami Kleinstein has begun to lay tefillin and conduct a kiddush to welcome the Sabbath.Uzi Baruch, 25/02/2015 13:38
Words of Torah for Rosh Hashana

Words of Torah for Rosh Hashana

Lakewood's Rabbi Yitzchak Elbaum shares his insights into the upcoming period of celebration, reflection and repentance.Arutz Sheva, 04/09/2013 12:20
Report: Amnon Yitzchak to Head New Party

Report: Amnon Yitzchak to Head New Party

To the panoply of religious parties in Israel, add a new one to be headed by Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak.David Lev, 27/11/2012 06:14