Jewish Holidays

Reciting a Bracha for a Mitzvah that one is not performing himself. The difference between men and woman when reciting a Bracha on the Shofar. The length of the Tekiah and Shvarim.

The Torah states that whoever is impure or far away on Passover may offer his sacrifice later, on the "Second Passover." This is puzzling. Is there any other commandment that allows us a second chance, an opportunity to make up for what we missed?

“This revered day is the reason for the existence of the world, and it therefore deserves to be a holiday. However, because it is the day whereupon all creatures are judged, one should approach it with more trepidation than any of the other holidays.”

The improvement of the individual and that of the community are interdependent. The sages therefore teach us that an individual should never pray in the first person; rather, one should view himself as a member of the community and pray in the plural.