Tel Aviv
Elul
September, 2022
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When looking into the Slichot prayers, one notices that very little has to do with asking for forgiveness, as much as asking for redemption.
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When it comes to tshuva, the observant Jew whose tshuva isn't about starting to keep kosher or shabbos has a much more difficult task at hand.
Rav Setinzaltz addresses the difficulty as well as the beauty of what awaits this type of person.
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What place does learning have in the month of Elul, a month where the prayers and beseeching is generally highlighted?
Based on the 27th chapter of Tehilim, a chapter we begin reciting daily during this time, Rav Steinzaltz ob'm provides us with a new understanding of the tshuva we engage with in this time.
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Rav Kook's opening Elul remarks are for any heart that is open to learning how to cleave to what matters in this world.
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Through a teaching from R' Asher Weiss, a deeper understanding of Slichot cracks open the heart and prepares us to usher in the new year in the most authentic manner.
In light of the birthdays of both the Ba'al Shem tov and the Alter Rebbe, the 18th of Elul brings light, vitality and direction toward finishing off the year with simcha, strength and authenticity.
While we generally tend to try and improve our deeds and actions during Elul, we sometimes tend to forget a key element of it all. Doing tshuvah for feeling that life itself is a given. When we start from this angle, our asking for חיים when the new year approaches takes on a whole new meaning.
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Based on a teaching from Rav Biderman, we learn how to enter the gift called Elul.
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When it comes to entering the avoda of this time, one of the basic pieces of advice which R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter shared based on Rebbe Nachman's Torah is that it is safest to actually stop thinking, and start talking. It seems simple, and it is. Simple doesn't mean easy, but it is most definitely worthwhile.
Based on a teaching from Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we began marching toward the inner work of Elul. The question we approached was a simple one. With all the insanity going on in the world, how am I to understand that my small movements toward a world of Tshuvah really make a difference in my life and int the world?
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Tonight is the 86th yahrtzeit of the great light, Rav Avraham Yttzchak Hakohen Kook. We learned a letter Rav kook had written during Elul of 1933. It's quite mind-boggling how Rav Kook knew that we would need to inhale these words today, in 2021.
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Why wasn't David Hamelech’s forgiveness revealed in his life time?
Why didn’t the doors of the holy of holies open for his son, Shlomo Hamelech?
A magical night with the Bnei Machshava Tova Chabura of Efrat
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A short idea on the beauty of the 18th of Elul, the birthday of both the Ba'al Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe.
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When learning of the setting where the tefila of Ledavid Hashem Ori Veyishi was composed, one can easily enter the world of Elul.
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A short intro into the powerful days we all stand in awe before, the days of will. Based on a teaching from Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter
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