Why Kol Nidrei?

  Daniel Damboritz Bachur, New York (2002-2003) Currently Attorney, Partner in High Tech Group at Yigal Arnon & Co Click Here for the PDF version Each year, Jews end their seuda mafseket (the meal before the fast) and rush to Shul, men dress in their kittles...

To be Reborn – Shabbat Teshuvah and Yom Kippur

Rabbi Avi Goldberg Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2007 – 2011) Currently educator and rabbi of the Himelfarb School in Jerusalem, a volunteer with the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization Click HERE for the PDF version The days of repentance, call us to make a revolution in...

The Secret of the Atonement of Yom Hakippurim

“Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: For all transgressions in the Torah, whether one repented or did not repent, Yom Kippur atones” (Yoma 85b) According to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (Rebbi), Yom Ha-Kippurim atones for all sins in the Torah, both positive and negative, regardless of...

THE ESSENCE OF TESHUVA OUT OF LOVE – 5778

   Rabbi Avi Scharf ormer Rosh Kollel in Cornell University (2000-02) and London (2008-09)   THE ESSENCE OF TESHUVA OUT OF LOVE These thoughts on teshuva are dedicated to the memory of my father-in-law, HaRav Natan Daniel ben Avraham Yitzchak Siegel, who passed...

Untanei Tokef – 5777

Rabbi Eldad Zamir Former shaliach in Cape Town (1997 -1998) Currently Senior Instructor at the Nativ ’Giyur” program in the IDF   Untanei Tokef One of the highlights of the High Holidays is the time when we say the prayer “Unetaneh Tokef”....