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Pregnancy and Fasting on Yom Kippur
Fasting on Yom Kippur is one of the few mitzvot whose punishment is karet, the most severe form of punishment for a sin…
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Yom Kippur: Dating Lessons from Moshe Rabbeinu and Adolf Hitler
Most women are not dating men of such polar disparity as the tzadik Moshe Rabbeinu and the evil Adolf Hitler…
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The Halachot of Rosh Hashanah
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah we do “hatarat nedarim” (the undoing of vows). A woman who cannot do so before a bet din may appoint her husband, or any other person, to perform it on her behalf…
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Blowing the Shofar: Confusing the Satan?
The widespread custom in the month of Elul is to blow the shofar everyday…
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Analyzing the Haftara of Rosh Hashanah
On Rosh Hashanah, we call Hashem both Avinu, our Father and Malkeinu…
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A Feminine Perspective on the Shofar
From the morning of Rosh Chodesh Elul up until the thundering conclusion of Yom Kippur, we listen to the kol shofar, the voice of the shofar…
