I received this by email. Turn on your speakers and watch this short, funny clip.
L’shanah Tovah
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The Timing of the Day of Judgment
Via JewishAnswers.org: Why is Rosh HaShanah before Yom Kippur if on Yom Kippur we repent for last year’s sins… shouldn’t we do it before the New Year starts? Thank you for your insightful question. I would take this question even further and ask why should Rosh Hashana, the ‘Day of Judgment’ – judgment on the deeds of the past year – occur on the first day of the new year, rather than on the last...
Preparing both heart and mind for Rosh Hashana
Jewish World Review is inaugurating its short daily Godcast, JWisdom and has enlisted captivating orators from around the world. They’ll guide listeners in applying Judeo values to contemporary living with the goal of making you a more fulfilled person. (You certainly don’t have to be Jewish to gain from these lessons.) Yesterday’s program — ; marks the return of one of...
Honest introspection is like the stock market
Watching how G-d loves me each day and how He interacts with me each day is like watching my ranking in Technorati go up and down. One day I’m doing great and the next day, well, not so good. In the month of Elul we are taught that this is the time to prepare ourselves for the upcoming holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Our sages teach us that Teshuva, Tefila, and Tzedaka (Repentance...
President Bush’s Rosh Hashanah message
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L’shana Tova — Ketivah vi-chatima Tova
Rosh Hashana begins today at sundown. Rosh Hashana is the Jewish New Year. The Jewish New Year is celebrated by reflecting upon the past, correcting one’s mistakes, planning for the future, praying for a healthy and sweet year and celebrating with holiday meals. Rabbi Nachum Braverman teaches us that “On Rosh Hashana we make an accounting of our year and we pray repeatedly for life...
To American Jews Everywhere
Folks, I take no credit for writing the following article, although I wish I had written it, because it is exactly how I feel about Jews who wish they weren’t Jewish. Like some pathetic Jewish Dems in New Jersey, and like some ambivalent Jewish lefties in California, and like those slimy Progressive and Reform Jews at my synagogue in New York. You all disgust me. Folks, if you’re...
Happy New Year!
For some Jews, the idea of celebrating New Year’s on December 31 makes them feel uncomfortable. They see the holiday as part of secular tradition and therefore not “Jewish.” Some choose not to participate because they see it as a betrayal of Jewish tradition. Why is commemorating an American custom viewed so suspiciously? Are we afraid that it will somehow make Jewish traditions...
The Sound of the Shofar
Folks, for those of you who didn’t get a chance to hear the Shofar this Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, or for our readers who don’t know what the Shofar sounds like, click on the link below. I keep playing it and the goose bumps keep coming up on my entire body because it will be the sound of the heralding of Moshiach.
Enjoy.
The Sound of the Shofar