Beating AI on Yom Kippur – Parshat Ha’azinu/Yom Kippur 5787

Recently, my daughter was driving me to the airport, when she told me about a frustrating customer-service experience she had that day. The person on the other end of the phone clearly was not a native English speaker, and understanding her was a challenge. The representative also couldn’t quite understand what my daughter was asking,

Yom Kippur: Letting Go – the Power of Teshuva

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Yom Kippur 5787

“For with You is forgiveness, that You may be feared” There is a Psalm that is often recited throughout the High Holidays. Psalm 130: A song of ascents. From the depths I called You, Hashem. My Lord, hear my voice, may Your ears be attentive to the sound of my pleas. If You preserve iniquities,

Rosh Hashanah 5787

Introduction What words comes to mind when we think of Rosh Hashanah? Some will mention the months of Elul and Tishrei. Elul is the month that leads straight into Rosh Hashanah, which is at the beginning of the month of Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah literally means the beginning of the new year, so some will mention

What happened to the Great Lakes? Parshas Nitzavim/Vayelech 5786

In July of 1988, someone looking into Lake St. Clair, the relatively small lake sitting between Lake Huron and Lake Erie, discovered a tiny striped shell stuck to something underwater. It was less than an inch long, about the size of a fingernail. Nobody knew it at the time, but this was about to become

Parshas Nitzavim/Vayelech 5786

“From There Hashem Will Take You” When the Lowest Place Becomes the Beginning of Redemption There is a strange kind of fear that comes before Rosh Hashanah. On the one hand, Rosh Hashanah is beautiful. The shofar. The uplifting prayers. The meals. The symbolic foods. The hope for a good new year. The feeling that