Yom HaZikharon: Our Holiday of Remembrance

Recite before me the verses of remembrance, that your remembrance shall arise before Me for good.  And through what? Through the shofar.

Sisera’s Mother Sets the Tone for our Rosh HaShana Shofar

Rosh HaShana, 5775 / 2014

The essential obligation of Rosh HaShana is not to pray all day, or to have a big family meal, but rather, simply, to hear the shofar.

I-Centers: A Circle of Ways to See the World

TISHA B’AV 5772 / 2012 By searching out the sliver of truth in contrary perspectives we acquire daat (the joiner of polarities) and build the Temple in our day.

Three Levels of Prayer: Rosh HaShana

Eliyahu Dessler teaches that there are three levels of prayer, which can be reformulated as three ways to approach Rosh Hashanna.