Yom Kippur and Sukkot: Reflection and Connection
Encounters | Mrs. Shaindel Fink
Yom Kippur 5785
This coming Shabbat is Yom Kippur! Instead of enjoying the traditional Shabbat dinner with our families with all their requisite delicacies and treats, we will instead be in shul, praying and fasting for forgiveness for our sins. Indeed, Yom Kippur…
The Ten Days of Teshuva 5785
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 2nd at sundown, Rosh Hashana 5785 will begin. Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur comprise ten days which are called עשרת ימי תשובה - The Ten Days of Teshuva. Maimonides writes: (The Laws of Teshuva Chapter 3)based…
Tamuz: Avinu Malkeinu
Rosh Chodesh Lecture Series | Rabbi Chaim Fink
Wash Your Hands Before Rosh Hashanah Please!<br>Parshas Nitzavim Vayeilech 5784/Rosh Hashana 5785
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis may go down in history as the most frustrated and frustrating doctor in history, but he certainly will also be remembered as the doctor that saved millions of mothers and infants. Born to a prosperous Jewish family…
Rosh Hashana 5785
When the Torah commands us to observe the festival of Pesach, it tells us clearly that it celebrates our freedom from slavery in Egypt. When the Torah commands us to observe the festival of Sukkot, it clearly tells us that…
Elul: Renewal and Recenter
Encounters | Mrs. Sara Aliza Scheinberg
Tisha B’Av 5784
Yesterday, was Rosh Chodesh Av, the first day of the month of Av. The Code of Jewish Law (551:1) teaches us: א) משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה; ובר ישראל דאית ליה דינא בהדי כותי, לישתמיט מיניה דריע מזליה 1)…
Buried Treasure<br>Parshas Bamidbar/Shavuos 5784
Being a Billionaire buys you a pretty big social pass. You can do many things that other people can’t and get away with it. You can walk into shul with your pants on backwards, and people will whisper to each…