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Thursday October 29th

HOW TO CHOOSE ONE’S LULAV

Every day of the holiday of Sukkot (except on Shabbat), we have the Mitzvah to take “the Four Species”: a Lulav (a date palm branch), an Etrog (a lemon),...

5 Facts About Parshat Haazinu that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know

Haazinu - Eytan Yéhouda DZIKOWSKI

Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.

A Busy Shabbat

1 Shabbat Story - Rav Shmuel GALANDAUER

6-minute story told by Rav Shmuel GALANDAUER.

Haazinu: Never Give Up On Any Jew

Haazinu - Rabbi Yehonasan GEFEN

Towards the end of Parshat Haazinu, Moshe exhorts the people: “…Apply your hearts to all the words that I testify against you today, with which you are to...

Haazinu and Jewish History

Haazinu - Rav Avi GROSSMAN

23-minute video class given by Rav Avi GROSSMAN.

Tuesday October 27th

Our Rabbanim, the Most Reliable Source of Truth

Torah Learning

Receiving the Torah is a vast program in which work is required on oneself, especially on a large number of character traits such as fear, modesty or anger.

Building a Sukkah

Sukkot

In memory of the huts built by our ancestors in the desert as well as the Clouds of Glorythat guided them and protected them for 40 years, we build every year a...

Yom Kippur: The Teshuva of Being a Community

Jewish Thinking - Rav Zave RUDMAN

14-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.

Monday October 26th

Yom Kippur: Ete Shaarei Ratson

Jewish Thinking

At a time period where the doors of goodwill open, we wish you a year full of happiness, joy and bliss!

Halacha: The Custom of Kapparot

Yom Kippur

The custom of doing Kapparot is rooted in holy sources, and goes back to the time of the Geonim, about a thousand years ago. Nowadays, it is a widespread custom in many...