by blogmaster | Oct 5, 2017 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
In the 1st paragraph of Unetanneh Tokef it is stated “”Let us now relate the power of this day’s holiness, for it is awesome and frightening. On it Your Kingship will be exalted; Your throne will be firmed with kindness and You will sit upon it in truth....
by blogmaster | Sep 28, 2017 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
IS REDEMPTION POSSIBLE? A HASIDIC TALE OF Y.L. PERETZ Sermon for Yom Kippur 2017 | Lenny Levin Gemar chatima tova—may you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. On Rosh Hashanah I promised you a story on a prayer in the early part of the service. Today I want...
by blogmaster | Sep 17, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Yom Kippur Divrei Torah– 5774/ 2013 Introduction to the Confessional-revised by Treasure Cohen: [email protected] Once a year–on Yom Kippur– we get an opportunity to look into a virtual mirror and examine our imperfections (and if we need...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Introduction to the Haftarah—Rosh Hashanna Treasure Cohen—Sept. 5, 2013/ 5774 Shana Tova! Today is a powerful day in our Jewish holiday cycle– the birth of a new year for our people and an opportunity for re-birth in our personal lives. So it is not...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Around 1850, Schopenhauer pronounced noise to be the supreme archenemy of any serious thinker. His argument against noise was simple: A great mind can have great thoughts only if all its powers of concentration are brought to bear on one subject, in the same way that...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Today we are commanded to hear the sound of the shofar. This commandment first appears in Leviticus 23:24-25. It says: “In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance of the shofar blast; a holy occasion.” In the next...