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This Year…. Next Year….

Is there such a thing as a "free gift," and is it something
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Post Massacre–One Nation: Diverse Yet Indivisible

HaShem embedded a safety mechanism into the providential influence He exerts upon our
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The Coveted Sukkah of Sodom

"Anyone who fulfills the mitzvah of sukkah in this world, will get a
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The Dust of Their Skirmish Reached to the Throne of Glory

The midrash informs us that the “dust” of this epic battle of narratives
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Video–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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Addiction and Higher Teshuvah – Rosh HaShana, 2023

You might be surprised to hear that addiction is as old as humanity
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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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Rosh HaShana Through the Years

A bounty of teachings on how to prepare for Rosh HaShana and how
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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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Fifteen Stages of the Pesach Seder

Is there such a thing as a "free gift," and is it something
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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 midrash informs us that the “dust” of Yakov's epic battle with Essav
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Elul and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

The prayer is that HaShem should feel free to choose the speediest path
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Purim 2021–Who is Charvonah…

Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one
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Chai Elul—A Rosh HaShana Teaching for the Baal Shem Tov’s Birthday

R. Tsadok notes that Rosh Hashana (humanity's birthday) is actually a very strange
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Turning Noga into Chashmal

Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth
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Masters of Judgement

Rosh Hashana marks the conception (when the thought of creation arose within the
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Fifteen Stages of the Pesach Seder

The Fifteen Stages That Form the Backbone of Our Pesach Ritual and trace
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Keter – Malchut

Purim 2019 / 5779 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on R. YYYY Safrin of 
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Shame is Nothing to Be Ashamed About

Rosh HaShana 5779 / 2018[1] Sarah Yehudit Schneider Divine perfection, in order for
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From Eden to Purim: Simcha shel Mitzvah

Purim 2018 / 5778 Sarah Yehudit Schneider The Talmud asks: “Why did the
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The Transmutation of Shame though Teshuva

Rosh HaShana 2016 / 5777 Based on R. Tsadok HaKohen, Tikanat HaShavin 5:10-12,
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Sweetening the Dinim – Rosh HaShanna

Rosh HaShana 2013/5774 Sarah Yehudit Schneider  Our Rosh Hashana avoda—its soul-searching, lengthy prayers,
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A Prayer for Enemies

A War Cry and Peace Prayer from a Jewish I-Center (to be recited
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THE THREE LEVELS OF TESHUVA

A Rosh HaShana Teaching, 5770/2009 by Sarah Yehudit Schneider R. Isaac said: Why
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