Yom Kippur

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Lessons

Let the Children Sing
Rabbi Stewart Weiss

The Side Door
Rabbi Yoel Gold

The Prayer of the High Priest
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l

Questions

Why not commemorate 2 days of Yom Kippur/Tisha bAv w/o Fast

Fast of Kippur

Neilah without a Minyan

Food, medications and Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur Questions about Yom Kippur Dedicate lesson

Times for Yom Kippur

		Chag begins		Chag ends
Wednesday, 9 Tishrei 5782 (15/9/2021)

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The Secret of Yom Kippur

Why does Yom Kippur atone for Israel's sins? The secret is rooted in the "covenant of love" between G-d and His people Israel...
The Yom Kippur Time Tunnel

Why is it important that atonement and repentance remain outside the framework of time?And we may be like angels on the Day of Atonement, but the rest of the year, we are simply flesh and blood, so how are our sins of the year atoned for?
Measuring the Amount One Can Eat/Drink

I will need to drink on Yom Kippur in shiurim (small amounts at a time to lower the violation). Should I prepare the portions of liquid beforehand in order to not have to measure on Yom Kippur?
How to Fast on Yom Kippur?
Why Is the Shofar Sounded at the End of Yom Kippur?
Faith and Finality

At the conclusion of Neilah, at the final moments of Yom Kippur, we have a dramatic "Declaration of Faith:" The Chazan says Sh'ma Yisrael, & we repeat it; he says Baruch Shem K'vod Malchuto 3 times & we repeat it; & he then says "Hashem Hu Ha-Elokim" 7 times & we repeat it. What is the meaning of all this?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Yom Kippur

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Yom Kippur
Why not commemorate 2 days of Yom Kippur/Tisha bAv w/o Fast
Fast Food

Who gets the food on erev yom kipur the religious jew or the secular jew?
The Yom Kippur Corporate Take-over

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direction of waving lulav and Lipa Shmeltzer | Daily Halacha

Question

Shalom dear Rabbi, I have a (small) question that I was thinking about for a long time. There is a song by Lipa Shmeltzer called "Mizrach". In the song there is a chorus [Mirzrach Maariv Durem Zofen] or alternatively [Mizrach - Maariv - Lemala - Lemata - Durem - Zofen] and also [me arba kanfot (ha?)aretz] My question is if this sequence of directions could also be used in the waving of the arba minim. (the video can be seen at http://sparksnext.com/lipa-schmeltzer-mizrach/) Thank you very much. I hope it’s ok if I ask this question. I’ve simply thought about it for a long time :-) Thank you again and Chag Sameach

Answer

No, the two accepted ways are: 1. the regular poskim start with forwards (towards where you daven) and then go clockwise, then up and down (although some, like R. Yhoshua Moshe Aronson, Resp. Yshuoat Moshe, hold that you always start with east, no matter what direction you face, even if Jerusalem is south of where you are, and from there you go clockwise, etc.). 2. the kabbalists (including many sfaradim most Chassidim) go: south, north, east, up, down, west. It’s enough that there are two accepted (though different!) customs, and there’s no room to part with these two ancient traditions. If we’d reform traditions so easily, we wouldn’t be around today! (I'm sure that Lipa himself would agree...). Chag Same’ach! Rav Ari Shvat

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The redemption of the nation

The holiday Sukkot expresses our deep connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.

The Festival of Rejoicing and Water

Why do we read Megillat Kohelet on Succot? Why is there a special mitzvah to rejoice on Succot? Why is there a libation of water on the altar on the festival of Succot?

A Leader’s Call to Responsibility

When words take wing, they modulate into song. That is what they do here in Ha’azinu as Moses, with the Angel of Death already in sight, prepares to take leave of this life.

The Power of One Day

Yom Kippur is a very powerful day that completely cleanses us. Just how powerful is it and how does it work?

The Day The Music Died

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Yom Kippur

Was It Worth Creating The World For Me?

Why Evil Exists

Fear of Elul

Leaving Our Comfort Zone

Secondary Articles

How to choose a Lulav

Laws of the Lulav

How to chose the Hadas

The Laws of the Hadas

How to choose the Arava

The laws of the Arava - Willow

How to choose an Etrog

How to choose a Kosher Etrog? A few Halachot brought in a short and clear way.

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Yom Kippur And Succot

At first glance one may think that these two special days stand in stark contradistinction one from the other, and yet there is an underlying theme that binds them together.

The Commandment of Hakel

The whole nation "the men, the women, and the small children, and your stranger who is in your cities" gathers in the Temple.

Dwelling in God's Palace

Early authorities ask: Why does the Torah enjoin us to commemorate the Clouds of Glory of all things. Why not the Manna? Why not Miriam's Well? After all, the presence of these miracles may have been even more important than the Clouds of Glory.

Together in the Sukkah

The mitzvah of joy on Sukkot includes not only family members, but also the poor and lonely. A primer for the holiday.