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Dvar Torah Yom Kippur 5772 2011

In the Torah reading of Yom Kippur we are told TE’ANU ET NAFSHOTECHEM, “…you shall afflict your souls…”. (Lev. 16,29) It is well known that “affliction” here refers to the restrictions of Yom Kippur: the prohibitions of eating and drinking, of washing, of anointing, of wearing shoes, and of having marital relations. (There is a [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Haazinu 5770 (2009) Shabbat Shuva – Yom kippur just days away

Many people have the philosophy of live for today. The past does not count and let the future generations worry about what will be then. Moshe disputes this thinking and tells us specifically: ZECHOR YEMOT OLAM BINU SHNOT DOR VADOR, “Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations…”. (Deut. 32,7) Moshe tells [ READ MORE ]

This coming Shabbat (before Rosh Hashana 5770) LAST SHABBAT of 5769!

This comming Shabbat is the LAST SHABBAT of the year – just before Rosh Hashana (The Jewish New Year – aka. Judgement day) That is right, this is the last shabbat of 5769! Our sages teach us that our deeds during the last Shabbat of the year have incredible power to rectify our deeds of [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yom Kippur 2007 – 5768 דבר תורה יום כיפור

We have two days when we fast for twenty four hours, Yom Kippur and Tisha BeAv. These two days are vastly different in their concept. Tisha BeAv is a day of mourning when we commemorate the great tragedy of the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash and the end of the Jewish state. It is thus [ READ MORE ]

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