Category: Yom Kippur
Why two goats on Yom Kippur
“Why the two goats on Yom Kippur” we will discover that sin and guilt offerings were common in ancient Israel, but this ceremony was unique. Normally confession was made over to be offered as...
Who Answers His People Israel | Yom Kippur
In this lecture, “Who Answers His People Israel” | Yom Kippur. We discover that the Bible describes prayers of supplication by the three patriarchs, by Moses, Hannah and even the crew of the boat in...
Teshuvah For The Nations
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...
Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement
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Three Essentials For Teshuvah
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...
Turning Sins into Merit | The Essence of Yom Kippur
Discover the power of repentance. This Yom Kippur, turn your sins into merit before the Holy One Blessed Be He. Resh Lakish said: Great is repentance, for because of it premeditated sins are accounted...
The Mind of Cain and Teshuvah | Rabbi David Weissman
Adam knew his wife Eve and when she conceived and bore Cain she said, “I have born a man with the help of God.” Eve then bore Cain’s brother Abel. Cain became a farmer...
Cain, Able and Teshuvah | Rabbi Weissman
The usual word for sin, averah, is from the root avar, “to pass over,” hence “transgression,” overriding God’s will, The usual word for repentance is teshuvah, meaning “turning”– that is, from sin to God....
Compassion and Mercy | The Jonah Connection
Compassion and Mercy | The Jonah Connection Discover the connection between The Prophet Jonah with Yom Kippur. Jonah is the son of Amittai and he appears in 2 Kings as a prophet from Gath-Hepher,...