BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY CLASS # 4
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TESHUBA: A Worthless Confession
כיצד מתוודה? אומר אנא ה 'חטאתי עוויתי פשעתי לפניך, ועשיתי כך וכך, והרי ניחמתי ובושתי במעשיי, ולעולם איני חוזר לדבר זה
The Viduy concludes with...
ROSH HASHANA in three short lessons. # 3 . We and the Shofar
Rosh haShana is "Yom haDin", the day of judgment. On this important day we stand before the Almighty knowing that we will be judged...
TESHUBA ¿Is It OK To Feel Shame?
כיצד מתוודה? אומר אנא ה 'חטאתי עוויתי פשעתי לפניך, ועשיתי כך וכך, והרי ניחמתי ובושתי במעשיי, ולעולם איני חוזר לדבר זה
For Maimonides it is...
How Can You Tell That You Are Awake?
MARATHON
Today is the second day of the month of Elul. In a little over a month we will be in Yom Kippur, the day...
Repentance and the human condition
In his formidable book Menorat HaMaor, Rabbi Isaac Abohab (14th century, the exact date of his birth and death is unknown) presents in his...
Leaving An Unfinished Wall To Remember The Bet HaMiqdash
Although our official and collective mourning for the Bet-haMiqdash concludes the day after Tish'a beAb, our rabbis mentioned some traditions associated with mourning that...
What do we celebrate on the 15th of Ab?
Today is the 15th of the month of Ab. A very happy and special day.
In the Talmudic treatise of Ta’anit, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel...
“I remember, when you followed me to the desert…”
The Haftarot are Biblical texts from the Prophets, read after the weekly Tora reading, related content-wise to the Parasha of the week. During these...
Bil’am, and the lessons he learned from his donkey
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
This week's Parasha is really unusual. We are not watching the same movie we were watching last week: the events of the...
