A Gate of Intentions for the High Holy Days Rabbi Sarel Rosenblatt is the Rosh Kollel of the Straus Kollel at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary We are now in the midst of the days of teshuva and tikkun; days of atonement, forgiveness and mercy; days of judgement and love; days of festivity …
Prayer as Atonement Rabbi Shlomo Walfish is a Ram (Rav Moreh) at OTS’s Robert M. Beren Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva The Mishnah in Baba Kama (Chapter 8, Mishnah 7) gives a summary of the compensatory damages that have to be paid by a person who injured or embarrassed his friend. The Mishnah goes on to say …
Four Approaches to Teshuva Rabbi Avi Bart is a shaliach of the Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Institute serving as the Assistant Rabbi of Blake Street Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia Eyes closed, face buried in your machzor; you stand in shul. Swaying gently in rhythm with the haunting melody of ונתנה תוקף ‘Let us voice the power …
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Shabbat Shuva Drasha 5780 (English) TOPIC: “What is True Repentance? – Lessons from the Sequence of Festivals from Tisha B’Av through Simchat Torah” Delivered in memory of Gini and Hans Bachrach z”l Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Chana and Yaakov Tilles Campus in Jerusalem 4 Tishrei 5780 (October 3, 2019)
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Shabbat Shuva 5779 Drasha (English) TOPIC: “Today the world was conceived” – Today the First Human was Created in God’s Image: Halakhic and Theological Ramifications Regarding the Status of a Non-Jew, and Israel as a Nation-State of the Jewish People. Delivered in memory of Gini and Hans Bachrach z”l at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Chana and …
“Repentance Has the Power to Transform Transgressions Into Merits. How is that Possible?” Watch Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Shabbat Shuva 5778 drasha (in English), delivered in memory of Gini and Hans Bachrach z”l, at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Chana and Yaakov Tilles Campus in Jerusalem (September 27, 2017) Facebook livestream:
“The Principle of Truth in Repentance and Forgiveness: Reflections on Yom Kippur and the LGBT Community” Listen to the audio of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Annual Shabbat Shuva drasha in English, dedicated to the memory of Ginni and Hans Bachrach, z”l, delivered at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue on Motzai Shabbat Vayelech – 8 October, 2016. [evideo][/evideo]
“The Difference Between the Sanctity of Rosh Hashana and the Sanctity of Yom Kippur” Listen to the audio of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Annual Shabbat Shuva drasha in English, dedicated to the memory of Ginni and Hans Bachrach, z”l, delivered at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue on Motzai Shabbat Vayelech – 19 September, 2015. [evideo][/evideo]
“The Call of the Shofar: Its Meaning in a World of Tragedy” A Tribute to My Revered Rebbe, Rav Soloveitchik, zt”l Listen now… [audio width=”700″][audio_source format=”mpeg” src=”https://ots.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shabbat-Shuva-2013.mp3“][/audio_source][/audio] [download_link src=”https://ots.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shabbat-Shuva-2013.mp3″ ]…or download to your computer to listen later[/download_link]
“The Call of the Shofar: Its Meaning in a World of Tragedy” A Tribute to My Revered Rebbe, Rav Soloveitchik, zt”l Listen now… [audio width=”700″][audio_source format=”mpeg” src=”https://ots.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shabbat-Shuva-2013.mp3“][/audio_source][/audio] [download_link src=”https://ots.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shabbat-Shuva-2013.mp3″ ]…or download to your computer to listen later[/download_link]