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Video: On Yom Kippur, Leave Your Begging Bowl at the Door

The Sod Yesharim suggests a very powerful practice to get the most out
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Video: Rosh HaShana and the Kabbalistic Mystery of Nesira

You might be surprised to know that Rosh HaShana is not only Day
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Tisha B’av Video by Sarah Yehudit Schneider, 2023

Explores the metaphoric question of, "Does God cry?"
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Video: Sarah, Sarai, Yiska

Sarah is the Matriarch of the Jewish people. Tradition ascribes superiority to her
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The Dust of Their Skirmish Reached to the Throne of Glory: Sukkot 5783

The “dust” of Yakov's epic battle with Essav reached to the Throne of
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Elul and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, when spoken in a prayer gathering, are always
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Malchut Sh’b’Malchut

To describe the king as “entangled in the tresses” is to assert that
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Sifra, Sefer, Sippur

The Torah, says Sefer Yetzira, is really three in one. There’s the Torah
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Chai Elul: A Rosh HaShana Teaching for the Baal Shem Tov’s Birthday

Rosh Hashana (humanity's birthday) is actually a very strange Yom Tov given the
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Masters of Judgement

Rosh Hashana marks the conception and Pesach marks the birth of Knesset Yisrael,
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A Chanukka Meditation from the Zohar

Those who seize this occasion to meditate on the Chanukka lamps will be
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“…Until there are no stragglers in the marketplace.”

When is the time for lighting Chanukka candles? The earliest time is sunset
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Esther, the Mistress of Prayer

PurimBurst 2012 / 5772 Sarah Yehudit Schneider HaShem said to Israel: “When the
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The Inner Search for Pure Oil

Sarah Yehudit Schneider   Among the various categories of mitzvot are those that
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Chanukkah, Greece and Democracy

5769 / 2008 Sarah Yehudit Schneider There is no person or nation that
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