Monthly Archives: October 2024

If I had my way, I would prefer never to die, for in the World to Come, there are no Yamim Noraim. What could the soul possibly do without Yom Kippur?! And what purpose is life without teshuvah?! ~ R’ … Continue reading →

The Arizal states that Yom Kippur is Yom Kippurim, a day like Purim.  The Shelah explains that just as the essence of Purim is fraternal love and kinship expressed in and engendered by mishaloch manos (sending presents to one’s friends) … Continue reading →

The Sages (Rosh Hashanah 17a) have revealed a wonderful tool: “A person who forgives others who distress him and does not do or say anything negative in retaliation, will have all his sins forgiven.”   By removing your anger over the … Continue reading →

Rav Nosson Zvi Finkel, head of the great Mir Yeshiva of thousands of students, was once asked by one of the young men during the High Holiday season: “When one prays, what should he or she have in mind?” He … Continue reading →

On October 7, 2023, we were tested in ways we could never have imagined. But through our pain, we discovered the boundless power of Emuna—faith that cannot be shaken.  Our ancestors endured, and so do we, for the light of … Continue reading →

Giving tzedakah on erev Rosh Hashana is a great mitzvah.  In fact, it opens the Heavenly Gates of Mercy wide open, for just as we take pity on the poor, Hashem takes pity on us. ~ Ohr Hachayim On that … Continue reading →

I wasn’t in Heaven, and I don’t know the beis din’s verdicts.  However, I will know what was decided in the Divine Court when the year passes. ~ R’ Eliyahu Dessler zt”l