וְשָׁמַעְתָּ בְקֹלוֹ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשֶׁךָ:

 וְשָׁב יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת שְׁבוּתְךָ וְרִחֲמֶךָ וְשָׁב וְקִבֶּצְךָ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר הֱפִיצְךָ יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהֶיךָ שָׁמָּה:

 וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶיךָ:

The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur

 in anticipation of Shabbas Shuvah and  Yom HaKippurim presented a special Drasha

that shed light on regret, remorse, repentance

and what it takes to rebuild ourselves

 and channel our innate Ahavas Yisroel and Ahavas HaAretz into sublime service of the Most High

 from one of North America’s most prominent Rabbanim and communal leaders

Rabbi Reuben Yehoshua Poupko Shlita

Rabbi of Beth Israel Beth Aaron

Cote Saint Luc

Quebec

Entitled

   Viduy as a Declaration of Identity 

or Reversing  your  Own Captivity

.

Rabbi Reuben Joshua Poupko has been the Rabbi of Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation in Montreal for over 30 years.

He is a scion of a venerated Rabbinic family and the son of Rabbi Boruch Poupko, rabbi for over 60 years of Congregation Shaare Tora in Pittsburgh

.Rabbi Poupko's immense oratory skills have for decades allowed peoples of all faiths to understand Judaism and the Orthodox way of understanding the Torah.

He is arguably Canada's staunchest Rabbinic defender of Zionism and the modern State of Israel.

 He has been a passionate advocate for streamlining systems that free Jewish women from the bonds of Igun, that have historically prevented them from receiving a divorce and remarrying.

He lent his voice of authority to the film Untying the Bonds a documentary produced by the Coalition of Jewish Women for the Get.

Rabbi Poupko has garnered renown and respect from many non-Orthodox associations serving numerous times as the spiritual leader of the March of the Living, and is a co-chair of the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus.