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    Repentance

    Comparing the French and Bolshevik Revolutions

    Rabbi Isaiah Steinberger | 22 Elul 5783
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    Repentance

    The Simcha of Teshuva

    Rav Judah Mischel | 6 Elul 5783
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    39 min
    Ein Aya

    Responsibility for Teshuva Within Our Family: "Does Father Know Best?"

    Ein Aya Shabbat 2, 292

    Teshuva is usually seen from my personal point of view, but Rav Kook deals with the very common problem of taking responsibility to rebuke our children and even our wives/husbands, to purify the spiritual atmosphere of our homes. This issue is seldom dealt with, and the class deals with many practical suggestions and solutions how to politely rebuke without having it be counterproductive.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 9 5782
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    Nitzavim

    Teshuva Is the Answer

    This last Sedra of the year, Nitzavim, seems perfect as a precursor to Rosh Hashana. The sedra reiterates the bond & covenant we have with the Eternal.

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Elul 25 5781
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    The Month of Elul

    "Bring us back in whole-hearted repentance before You”

    There are those who wonder how we can ask God to return us in Teshuva (repentance). After all, Teshuva is our job. I heard once from Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, that every Teshuva contains an aspect of man and an aspect of the Blessed Creator, Who sends man an awakening to repentance.

    Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Elul 24 5781
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    Repentance

    How, Exactly, Is Teshuva (Repentance) Accomplished?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Elul 18 5781
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    The Month of Elul

    Fear of Elul

    Right now, faced with the prospect of having to turn my life and my emotions upside down, I go into a panic that results in total spiritual paralysis. Fear of Elul.

    Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Elul 15 5781
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    The Month of Elul

    Our Generation's "Teshuva From Love"

    Why will this special Messianic generation, of all generations, be in such a sorry spiritual and material state? Logically when Israel improves its ways, they will be worthy of Redemption – so why will it actually be a period of spiritual crisis and other troubles?

    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Elul 5 5781
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    12 min
    Repentance

    National (vs. Individual) T'Shuva

    What "national t'shuva" is, how it differs from individual t'shuva, and why it takes precedence in this generation.

    Rabbi Moshe Kaplan | Elul 5 5781
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    Repentance

    T'shuva - It's Not What You Think

    one of the elderly Russian women asked Rav Kook's mother, "Tell me, please: We're on our way to the Holy Land to meet our god, but why would you Jews be going there? Mrs. Kook answered without hesitation: "You're going to visit a dead god, but we're going to meet the living G-d."

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Elul 4 5781
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    Repentance

    The Teshuva of the Treasury Minister

    A short story and explanation of the power of Teshuva to transform sins into merits

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Av 28 5781
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    34 min
    Repentance

    Sin is Divisive Chaos While Tshuva is a Life of Uniting Harmony

    Rav Kook sees that the nature of Tshuva is among the most basic of ideas to understand life & the world. The sinner lives a life of self-centeredness, who inevitably will have difficulty finding love & lasting relationships, seeing the world as chaotic & pessimistic. Children eventually mature, learning to share & give. Kabbala refers to the pessimists who see our 3 dimensional world as Alma D'Piruda, "World of Division", rather than the believer in Unity & God, Who created a world of harmony. The Torah teaches how to find harmony in a complex world. One can see the violence in the animal world as chaotic, but if one steps back & views the entire picture he sees a harmonic orderly food-chain. All creation follows God's program, & man would be wise to choose so, as well, and "Join the Unity".

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 5 5780
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    42 min
    Repentance

    Why Ba'alei T'shuva Davka Shouldn't Become Anti-Zionists!

    Rav Kook's Letter on Teshuva to Rav Charlap

    There's a common scenario, where someone becomes a Ba'al Teshuva, strengthening himself religiously, & indirectly, davka becomes less Zionist! Rav Kook ironically deals with this issue way before it was common, as part of his overall & innovative understanding of Teshuva, in this classic letter to his student, R. Charlap. Explaining that the concept of Evolution is the basis of Creation, & that constant improvement is the most natural process for the individual & mankind. This central drive is what's behind most of Torah, life and goals. Zionism is the easiest way to see God today, thru how He runs processes of advancement in history, fulfills prophecies, returns Altruism and Nationalism to their proper place, reviving the "Or LaGoyim" etc.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 26 6780
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    30 min
    Repentance

    Rav Kook's Orot HaT'shuva- In a Nutshell! Tshuva Can Be Happy- Not Depressing!

    Innovatively but based upon the sources, Rav Kook entirely changes our view of T'shuva. The period of Elul until Yom Kippur is unfortunately, seen by most as depressing. Although we know T'shuva is important, we don't enjoy it & don't like changing. The mistake stems from the mistranslation: "Repentence" from "sin". Accordingly, Tshuva has terrible "PR", where the religious see it as something for the non-religious, and the non-religious say it's for the religious! Rav Kook says that the world is based on constant "Evolution" and improvement. Sports records are constantly improving, & toothpaste is always "new & improved!" Mankind and man improve thru "Trial & Error", & the most natural thing in the world is to follow the tide & improve!

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 20 5780
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    Repentance

    Return and Repentance

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Elul 10 5780
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    7 min
    Yom Kippur Prayers

    The Side Door

    An uplifting, true story about a jew who missed the "Kol Nidrei" but did not give up, and found the "side door".

    Rabbi Yoel Gold | Tishrei 7 5780
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    2 min
    Sparks of Teshuva

    Define good and bad

    Sparks of Teshuva (8) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

    When we come to do Teshuva we should define what is good and what is bad. First we set the goal and then we find the way to achieve it.

    Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Tishrey 5774
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    2 min
    Sparks of Teshuva

    Sadness is only a guest

    Sparks of Teshuva (7) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

    Sadness has an important role in Teshuva, but it should be only guest of the soul and not a permanent tenant.

    Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Tishrey 5774
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    2 min
    Sparks of Teshuva

    Is Teshuva Artificial?

    Sparks of Teshuva (6) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

    Does a one day of Teshuva have a meaning? Aren't the High Holidays artificial?

    Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Tishrey 5774
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    2 min
    Sparks of Teshuva

    Tasteful Wood

    Sparks of Teshuva (5) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

    Why do trees don't have the taste of their fruit, what is the analogy to our lives and how is this related to Teshuva?

    Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Tishrey 5774
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