The High Holidays
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The Essence of the Days of Awe The process of drawing near to the Almighty cannot come about in skips and bounds; rather, it must play itself out step by step: First comes service based upon fear; and then, only afterwards, service deriving from love
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The Art of Listening
Every Jewish holiday has a representative color. Each Yom Tov also connects to one of the senses. What sense connects to Rosh Hashana? -
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. -
Checking the Simanim for Rosh Hashanah
The right way to check the Simanim of Rosh Hshana, to make sure there are no bugs in our food. -
Elul
There was a time, not so far distant in the past, that it was said in Eastern Europe, that even the fish in the rivers trembled when they heard the announcement that the month of Elul had arrived. That certainly is not the case today. -
How Can We Take Advantage of Elul?
How can we take advantage of Elul and not "fall" into the High Holidays each year? -
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? -
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. -
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."
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