Maximize Your Moments
Fear Your Mother & Father is a famous commandment in the Torah – and one of the ways to fulfill commandment is to “Not sit in your father’s seat” – it’s pretty straight forward, but Rabbi Pessin shares another approach
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In the Gemara of Sotah 49B the Sages give us a long list of signs that indicate that the Mashiach’s coming is imminent. Rabbi Pessin shares 5 signs from the Talmud, that when they happen, we can know that Mashiach is near. Every year anticipate the coming of Messiah / Mashiach these signs show that he’s nearer than we think.
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On Passover Night at the Seder it is customer for Ashkenazic Jews to wear the Kittel, the special white garment, worn on Yom Kippur. But why do we also wear it at the Passover Seder? The Maharal of Prague gives an insight into this Jewish custom and how it can uplift your seder night.
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Tu Bishvat is the Holiday of Trees, but if I am not a farmer, and don’t have a tree in my yard, what does it have to do with me? Rabbi Pessin shares a Tu Bishvat lesson for life
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There’s a famous question – Why do we celebrate 8 days of Chanukah if the miracle really only happened for 7 days, They found enough oil for 1 day, so the 1st day was not a miracle, so it seems. Our Rabbis share many answers to solve this question – Rabbi Pessin shares another amazing miracle, but more importantly a lesson for all of us.
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On Chanukah we mention the Al Hanissim prayer several times throughout our day – We also mention this same prayer on the Purim Holiday – The idea on both holidays is similar, a prayer of thanks and praise and commemoration of what happened in those days, but there is an interesting difference in the actual wording – the Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares a beautiful insight into the prayer of Al Hanissim.
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From the teachings of ‘Anaf Yosef’ based on a Midrash – We see, regarding the 4 species of the Sukkot Holiday, that there is more than meets the eye – Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares a beautiful insight into the Etrog, Lulav, Hadas and Arava.
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A war is raging between two great nations – but how does that impact us? What is our role in this war? What does our sages say about times like these?
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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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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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