Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski: Kivnei Maron
By Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski (AJNews) – Each year during the Rosh Hashanah liturgy the UneSaneh Tokef Piyyut is recited across the globe, reminding the…
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From the sources by Eliezer Segal: An order of fast food
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – After outlining the laws for observing a day of atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Torah…
Rabbi Matthew Ponak: Five Things You Didn’t Know about the High Holidays
By Rabbi Matthew Ponak Do you think you know Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur? Think again! Here are five surprising facts to inspire and invigorate…
Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Yom Kippur and returning to what really matters
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (Calgary) – The timeless objective for Rosh Hashanah, and further on through Yom Kippur is Teshuva. While often translated as “penitence,”…
Rabbah Gila Caine: Yom Kippur and the essence of t’shuva
By Rabbah Gila Caine (AJNews) – An ancient Jewish tradition holds that the arc of the High Holidays, from Rosh Hashanah to Sh’mini Atzert, tells…