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How Not to Get Plagued by Guilt When It Comes to Teshuva
Guilt plays a crucial role in the teshuva process, acting as a powerful motivator for change. When we feel guilty, it makes us take a hard look at our actions…
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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…
