Overcoming Self-Doubt & What Rachamim Really Means

The name of the game is not total victory, but constant progress.

Teshuva: Don't Expect a One-Shot Deal

Yom Kippur is less than a week away, and for many of us, its approach is cause for unease and disquiet. Precisely during this period of the holy High Holidays, poisonous doubts creep into our thoughts and hearts: "Last year I asked forgiveness for my sins and errors; I prayed from the depth of my heart; I promised myself I would not fall into the same traps – and behold, it didn't work! So what's the point of all my teshuva [commitment to return to one's true inner self]? Will anything be different this Yom Kippur than last time or the time before?"

Return, Except for You?

from Aroch Siach, Yamim Nora’im p. 134-5

from Aroch Siach, Yamim Nora’im p. 134-5

Pas Yisroel and the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah

Prayer During the Ten Days of Repentance

Some people have certain prayer customs on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur which are not accurate according to Jewish law. All the same, a person should not hastily renounce a custom which has be handed down from generation to generation.