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The Road to Teshuva | Part 9, by Rav Moshe Taragin

Personal and Collective Viduy; Macro and Micro Teshuva; Creating Shock and Sorrow

Exploring the Themes and Pesukim of Rosh Hashana Part 2, by Rav Moshe Taragin

Take Our Pain As Our Prayer; The Ashes; Love, Not Memories; Sacred Thunderclaps; The Melody of Pride

Changing the Tone of Selichot after October 7th, by Rav Moshe Taragin

This shiur was delivered before selichot Motzaei Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelekh, in Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 2024 (Teaneck, NJ)

Elevating our Sacrifice and Commitment, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

The soldiers are committed to the mission above all else - how can we make ourselves worthy of their commitment this Rosh Hashana?

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (5): The Two Dimensions of Teshuva, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Fifth in a series of mini-shiurim on R Soloveitchik's approach to Teshuva based on his famous and incredible sefer Al HaTeshuva. Part 2 of our discussion of the second essay in the sefer. Is Teshuva an "obligation of the heart" or is there a required action?

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (4): Is Teshuva a Mitzva? Must I Repent? by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Fourth in a series of mini-shiurim on R Soloveitchik's approach to Teshuva based on his famous and incredible sefer Al HaTeshuva. Part 1 of our discussion of the second essay in the sefer. If a person sins MUST he / she do teshuva or is that something that can be done of one wants? In other words, if I sin and don't do teshuva, is that a 2nd sin (because I am obligated to do teshuva) or is it merely 1 sin with a missed opportunity to get forgiven for that sin??

Exploring the Themes and Pesukim of Rosh Hashana, by Rav Moshe Taragin

Bringing Hashem to a G-dless World; The Anthem of Jewish History

Ramban on the Torah | 61 | Nitzavim-Vayelekh, by Rav Eli Weber

"You stand this day, all of you, before your God." Don't we always live our lives in God's presence? And more...

Vayelekh | Hakhel in Yavneh... And Beyond, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

What is the impact of Hakhel in our day?

The penultimate Mitzva found in the Torah is the command to assemble all of the people at the end of the Shemitta year, to hear a public reading of the Torah (התורה הזאת) - including the men, the women and the children. In a famous story recorded in Tosefta Sota, a homily of R. Elazar b. Azariah's about Hakhel is recorded, and is followed by two more homilies which all seem unrelated. Tying R. E;lazar b. Azariah's revolutionary approach (see BT Berakhot 27b) to education, we tie these three דרשות together into a weave that forms the foundation of this astonishingly new approach to teaching and publicizing Torah - all anchored in this ancient Mitzva.

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The Road to Teshuva | Part 8, by Rav Moshe Taragin

Avoiding "Viduy Traps": Denial, Deflection, Disingenuousness