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Rosh Hashanah 5767 - September 22, 2006
Did You Ask to Be Born?
What kind of "free choice" do we have, if we didn't choose to be presented with that choice?
What kind of "free choice" do we have, if we didn't choose to be presented with that choice?
The Sound of the Silent Shofar
OK, that’s the law; but where is the inspiration? Where is the majesty? How can we hear a silent shofar?
OK, that’s the law; but where is the inspiration? Where is the majesty? How can we hear a silent shofar?
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
The Heart of the Matter
The High Holidays are the "heart" of time. Our prayer, repentance and mitzvot "pump" G-d's sustaining life-force for the entire coming year...
The High Holidays are the "heart" of time. Our prayer, repentance and mitzvot "pump" G-d's sustaining life-force for the entire coming year...
Yom Hadin: Day of Judgement
Judgment may be frightening for the ego, but it's very reassuring for the self: it tells me that G-d cares about my choices and that I make a difference in this world
Judgment may be frightening for the ego, but it's very reassuring for the self: it tells me that G-d cares about my choices and that I make a difference in this world
Women
The Son She Gave Away
The story of Hannah, the Haftorah of Rosh Hashanah, is a tale richly woven of many strands. It is a story of devotion and of love, of service and of sacrifice.
The story of Hannah, the Haftorah of Rosh Hashanah, is a tale richly woven of many strands. It is a story of devotion and of love, of service and of sacrifice.
Parshah
Rosh Hashanah Torah Readings in a Nutshell
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, all things revert to their primordial state. The Inner Will ascends and is retracted into the Divine Essence; the worlds are in a state of sleep and are sustained only by the Outer Will. The service of man on Rosh Hashanah is to rebuild the Divine attribute of Sovereignty and reawaken the Divine desire for creation with the sounding of the shofar.
— The Kabbalistic masters
Print Magazine
The world is a place of constant change and unrest.
Each point in time is distinct from the point before and the point after.
Each point in space is its own world, with its own conditions and state of being.
It is a world of fragments, a perpetual rush of traffic and noise.
Look at your own life: You do so ...
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