What Does Sukkot Mean For the Noahide?
One of the unique features of the Sukkot service in the Beit HaMikdash was the daily offering of bulls, with the number declining from thirteen on the first day to seven on the seventh...
One of the unique features of the Sukkot service in the Beit HaMikdash was the daily offering of bulls, with the number declining from thirteen on the first day to seven on the seventh...
The High Holidays or High Holy Days, in Judaism, more properly known as the Yamim Noraim (Hebrew: ימים נוראים “Days of Awe”), may mean: strictly, the holidays of Rosh Hashanah (“Jewish New Year”) and...
Psalm 5 1To the conductor with melodies, a song of David. 2When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; in my distress You have relieved me, be gracious to me and hearken...
Rabbi Dovid Weissman gives an inspiring presentation of Psalm five. He calls it the perfect prayer for the righeous of the nations to model their prayers. 1 To the conductor, on nehiloth, a song...
Purim, which literally means “lots,” is the holiday in which Jews commemorate being saved from persecution in the ancient Persian Empire. According to the Book of Esther in the Bible, the Jews of the...
1 To the conductor with melodies, a song of David. אלַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד: 2 When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; in my distress You have relieved me, be gracious...
Rabbi Shimon the Righteous tells us, “Upon three things the world stands” (P.A. 1:2), as in a three-legged stool. These three things are torah (learning), avodah (worship or service to God), and g’milut chasadim...
Rabbi Dovid Weissman speaks on the power of personal prayer. Using the text from Psalm 4 he describes the wonderful relationship tase with all man. IF mankind would reach out to G-D and connect.
A song of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 2 O Lord, how many have my adversaries become! Great men rise up against me. 3 Great men say concerning my soul, “He...
The Ten Commandments says to “Honor your Parents.” It does not command “love” your parents. The Torah is very free with the word love in love the stranger, love your neighbor, and love G-d;...
The Four Steps of Repentance OU Staff Teshuvah (Return, or Repentance) is a generous gift from G-d, which allows us to erase our improper actions through a four-step process (see below). The Torah tells...
Rabbi Dovid Weissman speaks about Three Essentials of Teshuvah in reference to Yom Kippur. In the Jewish tradition, repentance is called teshuvah , a Hebrew word translated as “returning.” One of the Hebrew words...