Category: Jewish Holidays
Selichot Prayer at Western Wall in Jerusalem (Aneinu Prayer)
Watch as hundreds gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, after midnight, for the prayers of repentance (The Sephardic Selichot) before the upcoming Jewish High Holidays.. Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur…
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24,000 Students of Rabbi Akiva Died
The 33 days between Passover and Lag Ba’Omer, are days which have some aspects of mourning. We don’t listen to music, shave, cut hair or have celebrations. The question that’s asked is, why are these weeks treated differently than other national tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people? Rabbi Ari Enkin shares
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Purim Day in Israel 2022: WE ASKED PEOPLE: What Can We Learn From The Hamantaschen?
The Jews have an obligation to wipe out the Amalekites off the face of the earth. Who are the Amalekites today? How do we fight and win this battle? As the Jewish Holiday of Purim approaches, Rav Burg shares an insight into this ongoing war against Amalek.
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Who Are The Amalekites Today?
The Jews have an obligation to wipe out the Amalekites off the face of the earth. Who are the Amalekites today? How do we fight and win this battle? As the Jewish Holiday of Purim approaches, Rav Burg shares an insight into this ongoing war against Amalek.
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Chanukah: How To LIVE IT
How does the story of Chanukah relate to me? We are not fighting the ancient Greeks anymore. If the destruction of the temple, the contaminated oil and the whole battle that they went through is all part of the Jewish Story, then how do connect to that? In Judaism Holidays are not just meant to commemorate, but we’re meant to somehow relive it.
Rabbi Yitzchak Botton shares an insight into how we can relate to the story of Chanuka even today.
Chanukah: Finding Light In The Darkness
A true story that happened on the Chanukah Holiday in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The Grand Rabbi, the Bobover Rebbe risked his life to light the Chanukah candles for the Jews in his camp. On the first night, as he was about to say the 3rd blessing of ‘Shehechiyanu’, he hesitated. Later the people asked him what was this hesitation all about? Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares the story and lesson that we can learn from it
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Chanukah: The Fire in Every Jew
Rabbi Sinai Yakobian shares a lesson about the Jewish Holiday of Chanukah
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Yom Kippur: Coming Clean on The Holiest Day
During confession on this holy day of Yom Kippur, we bang our chest. However, we also occasionally sing the confession – We sinned, and now we are singing about it? Rabbi Pessin reveals the joy that lies behind the commandment of teshuvah (repentance)
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