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A House For Himself, Sukkot For His Herds

The Torah reports that after this huge test, victory, and blessing Yacov headed
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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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Turning Wisdom into Oral Torah

Our Written Torah is fixed and final.  Its sequence of letters, spacings, stories
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Pesach Through the Years

Pesach teachings over the years (2003-present.)
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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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A TEACHING FOR THE FAST OF TAMMUZ

This Torah of Atzilut is what we received at Sinai, but forfeited when
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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 is really three in one: the Torah of Bereshit, 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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The Reward of a Mitzvah

The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and
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Pesach Through the Years

Pesach teachings over the years (2003-present.)
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Masters of Judgement

Rosh Hashana marks the conception and Pesach marks the birth of Knesset Yisrael,
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Black Fire on White Fire: Torah of Atzilut

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not
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Shame is Nothing to Be Ashamed About

Divine perfection, in order for it to be infinite, must include the possibility
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The Shame Behind Causeless Hatred

Baseless Hatred is what caused our exile, and yet for two thousand years
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Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah

Shavuot 5778 / 2018 "And you shall know the soul of a convert,
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Symbolic Resonance Permeates the Seder

Pesach 5778 / 2018 We start the seder by pronouncing the fifteen steps
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The Akeida: A Hero’s Journey

Rosh HaShana 5778 / 2017 Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Gellman’s exploration of the Mei
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When the People are Ready the Obstacles Dissolve

Tisha B'av 2017. Enemies are the primary obstacle to quality of life.  If
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Blessed Be the Makom…Blessed Be the Giver of Torah…

Pesach 5777 / 2017 HaMakom refers to the womblike vacuum produced by the
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