Rabbi Avraham Kalmanovich was going to various shuls and asking if he could make an appeal to help the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn. One of
What do You want us to understand from this? How do we distance ourselves and draw near in this pain? We want to live with
Sorry, but this will be a high-anxiety Yom Kippur. Even the wave of relief from the shofar blast signaling the end of the the fast
Caplan’s Log – Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 5:50 a.m., Edison, New Jersey The first Selichot/Shacharit service of the morning at Congregation Ohr Torah in Edison
Teshuva is on the forefront of our collective minds as we approach Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. By and large, adults
Yom Kippur was considered by our sages to be one of the happiest days of the year (Bava Batra 121a). This was because we were
We have all had those moments. Somewhere in the depths of our consciousness, we know we have done something wrong. It is really uncomfortable to
Shabbat ShuvaParshat Ha’azinu The haftarah for Shabbat Shuva is taken from three (some have the minhag of reading from two or even one) different books
This week is called Shabbat Shuva, meaning the Shabbat of return, but where are we returning to? Micha, the navi of the haftarah, tells us
At Leviticus Chapter 16, there is a strange ritual that takes place on Yom Kippur. The high priest takes two goats. After a lottery, the
Gmar Chatima Tova to all of you. It’s an auspicious moment—Neilah. For me, since my earliest childhood memories, Neilah has become the ultimate moment in
We generally associate the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with extensive communal prayer liturgies – the machzor – that describe the purpose of
