Structure of Prayer – Rosh Hashana — By Ben
A couple of weeks ago, I started going through the nuts and bolts of the Shemoneh Esrei. I mainly focused on the opening (1-3) and closing (17-19) sets of prayers […]
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The Yom Kippur Blog Post — By Ben
Yom Kippur. The day of atonement. The day where the Jews get all their sins wiped away. All you have to do is two things: suffer fasting for 25 hours […]
Choosing Life and the Book of Life. High Holidays Part 3 — By Ben
To finish off my series on Rosh Hashana, I wanted to put front and center the seemingly ominous threat made to every Jew to bolster attendance at High Holiday services. Supposedly, […]
Focus, Forgive And Forge Ahead – How To Prepare For The Jewish New Year — by Marc
“A dream can be dreamed A life can be lived to its fullest Miracles can happen Every single day.” I had mentioned in my last post, that we are given […]
Are you ready for some Judgment?! High Holidays part 2 — By Ben
Continuing along in the High Holiday series, I wanted to talk about what Rosh Hashana is about. We know it’s the Jewish New Year. But it starts at the beginning […]
The High Holidays… Putting All Our Jewish Eggs In One Basket – By Marc
I am not a huge fan of New Year’s Eve, and it is mostly because too many of us put ridiculous and unrealistic pressure believing the evening has to be the […]
Ugh. Not High Holidays services again. — By Ben
The vast majority of Jews in America don’t attend prayer services (aka davening) very often. But there are two days that if anyone has any shred of religious connection will […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 