Sep 21, 2023
Ha'azinu and the Levi'im, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is Haazinu the only Parashah which has "hard-wired" Aliyot (הזיו לך)?
"Now, write for yourselves this poem and teach it to Bnei Yisrael, place it in their mouths..." According to Rambam, the essential command for every Jew to write a Sefer Torah is anchored in...
Sep 29, 2022
ובכן תן פחדך - The Unusual Additions to the Third Berakha on Yamim Noraim, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
There are three (or four, or five) paragraphs which are added to every Tefilla on Rosh Hashana and Yom haKippurim during the third berakha -"Kedushat haShem". Each paragraph begins with the word "Uvekhen" and...
Sep 18, 2022
Pre-Selichot Sicha Elul 5782, by Rav Eli Weber, given to the Overseas Talmidim Motzaei Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo 5782. With a few minutes of nigunim both prior to and following the sicha.
Sep 15, 2022
The Roots of Teshuva: The hidden depths of return and renewal in the thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
A Mishnat HaRAL Program in memory of David Landes z"l upon his third Yahrzeit. Sunday, Sept 11, 2022 at Cong. Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck NJ.
A discussion with Rosh Yeshiva Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein and Rabbi Dr....
Sep 18, 2021
Parsha Tidbits with Rav Dovid Gottlieb, Vayelech-Ha'azinu-Special Yom Kippur Vort
Vayelech #1 - Sparks of Chassidus - An Inspiring Teaching
from R. Tzadok Hakohen - Connecting the Parsha to the Yamim
Noraim
Haazinu #1 - Contemporary Commentators - R. Soloveitchik's
Approach to Reward and Punishment
#2 - Sparks of...