This coming Shabbat is one of the two most holy in the Jewish year. It is called Shabbat Teshuvah. The other is the Shabbat just prior to Passover called Shabbat Hagadol (the Great Shabbat). The ...

When it comes to teshuvah on Yom Kippur, what does it mean to truly atone for our sins? Who do we apologize to? Will that person accept our apology? Will someone who hurt us apologize? How can we ...

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I. On Rosh Hashanah "the mitzvah of the day is with the shofar". Our master the Baal Shem Tov has a parable relating to the blowing of the shofar, comparing it to a child crying out: "Father! Father!

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In Likutey Moharan (I:6), Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tells us something astounding: “The true sign of a person who has returned to G-d is that they can hear themselves be insulted and remain silent.

In a previous article on this theme, I cited the following advice of the Prophet Isaiah regarding the difficult and dangerous final “birth pangs” just before the “birth” of Zion’s children and the ...