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Ten Days
Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers the ten days from Rosh HaShanah until Yom Kippur.
A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | 27 Dec 2010 | Duration: 1:39
Rav Moshe discusses the timing of the selichos service.
28 Elul 5770 | 7 Sep 2010 | Duration: 11:38
Igros Moshe OC 2:105
On Yom Kippur, we set a beautiful table and dress like angels.
7 Tishrei 5770 | 25 Sep 2009 | Duration: 18:16
OC 610:4; MB 610:7-18; Baer Heitev 610:1,3
The mitzvah of lighting candles for Yom Kippur.
5 Tishrei 5770 | 23 Sep 2009 | Duration: 10:37
OC 610:1-3; MB 610:1-8
What do you do if you need to take medicine on a public fast day?
4 Tishrei 5770 | 22 Sep 2009 | Duration: 8:44
OC 328:2,9, 618:1
Some thoughts about overcoming the challenging difficulties of our daily selichos during the ten days.
3 Tishrei 5770 | 21 Sep 2009 | Duration: 2:26
The shofar that will restore the dead to life.
28 Elul 5769 | 17 Sep 2009 | Duration: 7:09
The Prayers of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai
The shofar that will herald the coming of Messiah.
27 Elul 5769 | 16 Sep 2009 | Duration: 10:18
The Prayers of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai
If Rosh HaShannah is a day of judgement, how is it that we are festive and joyous when facing such an awesome event?
26 Elul 5769 | 15 Sep 2009 | Duration: 9:51
Tur OC 581
Selichos are all about pleading our case before Hashem.
25 Elul 5769 | 14 Sep 2009 | Duration: 5:26
Tur OC 581
Why is the month of Elul a time of selichos and shofar?
22 Elul 5769 | 11 Sep 2009 | Duration: 15:14
Tur OC 581
Ultimately, teshuva is about loving Hashem. How do we achieve such love?
21 Elul 5769 | 10 Sep 2009 | Duration: 16:17
MT Teshuva 10:10-11
We can learn Torah with awesome fear or with love. What difference does it make?
20 Elul 5769 | 9 Sep 2009 | Duration: 15:32
MT Teshuva 10:8-9
What does it mean to serve Hashem with love?
19 Elul 5769 | 8 Sep 2009 | Duration: 15:57
MT Teshuva 10:4-7
What does it mean to serve Hashem with awe?
15 Elul 5769 | 4 Sep 2009 | Duration: 12:38
MT Teshuva 10:1-3
According to Maimonides, the Messianic Time is not the World to Come. So what is it? Why do we long for it so?
14 Elul 5769 | 3 Sep 2009 | Duration: 14:24
MT Teshuva 9:7-10
Hashem gives us goodness and calamity in this world, but that is neither a spiritual reward nor punishment.
13 Elul 5769 | 2 Sep 2009 | Duration: 15:15
MT Teshuva 9:3-6
The Rambam's understanding of "This World", "The Next World", "The World to Come", "The Days of the Messiah", and the time of the ressurection of the dead.
12 Elul 5769 | 1 Sep 2009 | Duration: 15:40
MT Teshuva 8:13-14; 9:1-2
There is no "currency" in This World that could be used to value the pleasure of the Next World.
11 Elul 5769 | 31 Aug 2009 | Duration: 16:17
MT Teshuva 8:10-12
Chazal speak of the Next World in many different metaphors: the Mountain of G-d, a feast, His Holy Place...
1 Elul 5769 | 21 Aug 2009 | Duration: 9:40
MT Teshuva 8:7-9
After death, the soul carries its acquisitions of This World into the Next World. What does the soul actually acquire, and how?
30 Av 5769 | 20 Aug 2009 | Duration: 14:18
MT Teshuva 8:6
We talk about experiences like "sitting before Hashem" in the next world; what does that mean!?
29 Av 5769 | 19 Aug 2009 | Duration: 15:09
MT Teshuva 8:2-5
In the eighth chapter of Hilchot Teshuva, the Rambam introduces us to Olam HaBa, the reward for the righteous, and the suffering of the wicked.
27 Av 5769 | 17 Aug 2009 | Duration: 12:44
MT Teshuva 8:1-2
On Erev Yom Kippur, selichot are brief, and other sections of shacharit are skipped as well.
9 Tishrei 5769 | 8 Oct 2008 | Duration: 10:30
A detailed look at the structure and content of the selichot for the 4th of the 10 days of teshuva.
8 Tishrei 5769 | 7 Oct 2008 | Duration: 14:11
Understanding the structure of selichot enhances our appreciation thereof.
4 Tishrei 5769 | 3 Oct 2008 | Duration: 5:50
The heart of the selichot service is the recitation of the 13 attributes, as given to Moshe on Mt. Sinai.
26 Elul 5768 | 26 Sep 2008 | Duration: 10:09
Rosh HaShanah 17b
Though a true ba'al teshuva has great merits, nonetheless a ba'al teshuva has an inherent humility as an outgrowth of the teshuva process.
25 Elul 5768 | 25 Sep 2008 | Duration: 10:02
MT Teshuva 7:7-8
Teshuva draws us closer to Hashem and brings us closer to geula.
24 Elul 5768 | 24 Sep 2008 | Duration: 12:24
MT Teshuva 7:5-6
Much of teshuva is about the struggle to overcome the yetzer hara -- a struggle that has its own rewards.
23 Elul 5768 | 23 Sep 2008 | Duration: 11:36
MT Teshuva 7:4
The Rambam emphasizes a whole new realm of teshuva: correcting improper thoughts and middot.
22 Elul 5768 | 22 Sep 2008 | Duration: 8:41
MT Teshuva 7:1-3
Sometimes we need Hashem's help to do teshuva.
16 Elul 5768 | 16 Sep 2008 | Duration: 18:16
MT Teshuva 6:3-5
There are some actions so heinous that the consequence thereof is that we lose our ability to return to Hashem in teshuva.
15 Elul 5768 | 15 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:16
MT Teshuva 6:5,3
Our ability to draw closer to Hashem through teshuva is dependent on our free will. Just as free will allows us to do aveirot, so too it allows us to correct our aveirot with teshuva.
12 Elul 5768 | 12 Sep 2008 | Duration: 14:42
MT Teshuva 6:1-2
When is a baal teshuva's return complete? Also: teshuva out of fear; teshuva out of love.
11 Elul 5768 | 11 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:08
MT Teshuva 2:1; Brachot 32b
We cannot bring a korban chatat, so what are we to do to make restitution with Hashem?
10 Elul 5768 | 10 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:17
Sotah 3a
Normally, one who accidentally commits an aveira like violating shabbos brings a korban chatat (special sacrifice) as a kapara (to make restitution). Does this obligation apply to today's baal teshuva?
9 Elul 5768 | 9 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:41
MT Shgagot 2:6; MT Shgagot 7:4
A child has no culpability for wrongdoings as he doesn't yet know better. What about an adult who doesn't (or didn't) know better?
8 Elul 5768 | 8 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:20
Shabb. 67b
What are a child's obligations with regard to Yom Kippur and the Teshuva process? Does an adult need to do teshuva for the indiscretions of his or her youth? What about a ba'al teshuva?
5 Elul 5768 | 5 Sep 2008 | Duration: 17:19
OC 343:1 (Rama); MB 343:6; Ch"A 66; Yoma 8:4
The process of teshuva is incumbent upon all of us at all times.
4 Elul 5768 | 4 Sep 2008 | Duration: 13:42
Sefer HaChinuch 364
A "Vidui" is not a confession. Just what is it, and what is its role in teshuva? Also: the first two steps toward teshuva.
3 Elul 5768 | 3 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:23
Sefer HaChinuch 364
The obligation of teshuva stems from our obligation to speak our hearts to Hashem.
2 Elul 5768 | 2 Sep 2008 | Duration: 15:27
Sefer HaChinuch 364
We make havdala following Yom Tov, but we don't include the candle or spices. Why?
3 Sivan 5768 | 6 Jun 2008 | Duration: 15:13
OC 491:1; MB 491:1-2; OC 298:1; MB 298:1
Kiddush Lavana is ideally said on Motzei Shabbos or Motzei Yom Tov. What about after a fast day? This shiur discusses Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av, Asara B'Tevet, Ta'anit Ester, and other Taaniot.
3 Iyar 5768 | 8 May 2008 | Duration: 17:18
OC 426:2; MB 426:7-11; Beur Halacha d.h. "v'Lo kodem Yom HaKippurim"
The halachic implications of the added month in a leap year: Bar Mitzvah, bechor, rentals, mourning, korbanot, and more.
2 Adar II 5768 | 9 Mar 2008 | Duration: 9:36
OC 55:9; Erchin 31b; Bava Me. 102a; YD 391:2; Shach YD 57:43
During a leap year, just how long is a "year," and what are the halachic implications of the added month?
28 Adar I 5768 | 5 Mar 2008 | Duration: 15:12
Bava Me. 102a; Lev. 25:30; Deu. 15:20; Erchin 31b; Tosefta Parah 1; Ned. 63a; Shach YD 227:15
After Yom Kippur, we rush to do several mitzvot, among them building the sukkah. We also leave out tachnun as the days until Sukkos have a quasi Yom Tov status. What is the connection between these themes?
13 Tishrei 5768 | 25 Sep 2007 | Duration: 11:51
OC 624:5; MB 624:18-19; OC 625:1; MB 625:2; I Kings 7-8
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Moshe ben Ester Ruchel.
We eliminate several prayers on Erev Yom Kippur, including LaMinatzeach, Mizmor L'Todah, and Tachnun -- though each is eliminated for a different reason. Slichot are shortened and Avinu Malkeinu is skipped.
7 Tishrei 5768 | 19 Sep 2007 | Duration: 7:57
OC 604:2; MB 604:3-5
Most of us eat on the day before Yom Kippur to prepare ourselves for the upcoming fast. But it is actually a mitzvah to eat on Erev Yom Kippur. Why is that?
6 Tishrei 5768 | 18 Sep 2007 | Duration: 15:39
OC 604:1; MB 604:1-2
An overview and summary of the changes to the Amidah and Kaddish during the Ten Days, including the halachot of what to do if a change is forgotten or omitted.
5 Tishrei 5768 | 17 Sep 2007 | Duration: 10:05
What is an Eruv Tavshilin? When, why, and how do we make an Eruv Tavshilin? Isn't this just a "legal loophole" -- if cooking is forbidden, how does the Eruv help, and if it is permitted, what is the point of the Eruv?
29 Elul 5767 | 12 Sep 2007 | Duration: 18:43
Ex. 12:16; Pes. 46b
Join Rav Dovid for a corporate "Lunch and Learn" discussion on relating to the High Holidays in our modern times. What makes the Yomim Noraim relevant for us today? Is this just a bunch of "New Year's Resolutions" that, like all other such resolutions, will be forgotten within days of Yom Kippur? How should we relate to Rosh HaShanah, and why do these Holidays occur back-to-back on the calendar?
28 Elul 5767 | 11 Sep 2007 | Duration: 51:47
It may be surprising to learn, but we should be much more concerned about that which we don't know or aren't sure we did wrong than we should be concerned over the things we know we need to improve.
28 Elul 5767 | 11 Sep 2007 | Duration: 8:03
OC 603:1; MB 603:3-4
Among the changes in our prayers during the Ten Days is the insertion of Psalm 130 -- Mima'amakim Kraticha Hashem -- to instill in us a sense of awe and an inspiration to teshuva. But how can we insert a Psalm between yishtabach and chetzi kaddish -- where interruptions are forbidden?
27 Elul 5767 | 10 Sep 2007 | Duration: 2:22
Baer Heitev 603:1; Ps. 130
Also: The Rama encourages us to do teshuva and recommends that we read the Iggeret HaTeshuva of Rabbeinu Yonah each day.
24 Elul 5767 | 7 Sep 2007 | Duration: 15:36
OC 603:1; MB 603:1-2
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Yeshua Yaakov ben Froma.
Haircuts, clean clothes, mikveh, trips to the cemetery, and tzedakah.
23 Elul 5767 | 6 Sep 2007 | Duration: 7:28
OC 581:4; MB 581:25-27
The Ba'al HaTurim brings down remez and sod to tell us why we recite selichot prior to Rosh HaShanah.
23 Elul 5767 | 6 Sep 2007 | Duration: 2:29
Deu. 30:6; Ba'al HaTurim ad.loc.; Ps. 27:13
Selichot should be recited even without a minyan, though the 13 attributes are omitted. All of the Rosh HaShanah prayers -- including selichot -- should be prepared in advance so that they can be recited comfortably in shul. The goal is to focus on davening, not on trying to read the tefilla.
22 Elul 5767 | 5 Sep 2007 | Duration: 13:48
OC 581:1; MB 581:4; OC 100:1; MB 100:3
Why do selichot always start on Saturday night? Why are selichot said so early in the morning, and without tallis and tefillin? Why does the chazan where a tallis?
21 Elul 5767 | 4 Sep 2007 | Duration: 12:58
OC 581:1; MB 581:5-7
Resolving the second contradiction of Free Will: if Hashem knows what we will choose before we choose, how is our choice "free," and how can we say that our choices impact the world? And if Hashem doesn't know, how can we say that Hashem is All-Knowing? Finally, what does Free Will have to do with teshuva that the Rambam chose to put this chapter here rather than in Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah?
17 Elul 5767 | 31 Aug 2007 | Duration: 15:34
MT Teshuva 5:9-13
For the Rambam, Free Will is axiomatic. If we accept this axiom, how do we resolve the conflicts it implies -- namely, if an All-Knowing G-d knows what we will choose before we choose, how is it that our choice is free? And how could it be that an All-Powerful G-d whose Will determines the course of all history in the universe is not in control of our actions?
15 Elul 5767 | 29 Aug 2007 | Duration: 11:51
MT Teshuva 5:6-8
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Yeshua Yaakov ben Froma.
Free Will is one of the axioms on which all of teshuva rests. There are no external forces that determine our actions; rather, our choices are up to us. And those same choices ultimately determine who we are and what we become.
14 Elul 5767 | 28 Aug 2007 | Duration: 12:41
MT Teshuva 5:3-5
Free will -- or more particularly, the will to change -- is a critical component of teshuva. How important is it? According to the Rambam, we each have the ability to be as righteous as Moshe Rabbeinu -- if only we will it.
13 Elul 5767 | 27 Aug 2007 | Duration: 10:11
MT Teshuva 5:1-2
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleimah for Ariella Rivkah ben Devora Pessel.
There are five behavioral character traits that are so harmful that the Rambam need not even explain them. They contaminate the neshoma, and even worse, they are self-perpetuating.
10 Elul 5767 | 24 Aug 2007 | Duration: 13:56
MT Teshuva 4:5-6
There are five actions which appear inconsequencial to us but which are in fact aveirot as serious as any other. It is difficult to do proper teshuva for such actions because we don't recognize them as aveirot, and even if we do, we fail to acknowledge the severity of the transgression.
9 Elul 5767 | 23 Aug 2007 | Duration: 13:40
MT Teshuva 4:4
The Rambam tells of five aveirot committed against others for which we cannot repent, as we don't know against whom we have sinned.
8 Elul 5767 | 22 Aug 2007 | Duration: 21:06
MT Teshuva 4:3
The Rambam lists five aveirot that "lock the path of Teshuva", and from them we derive five actions that expedite teshuva.
7 Elul 5767 | 21 Aug 2007 | Duration: 13:33
MT Teshuva 4:2
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Yeshua Yaakov ben Froma.
Introduction to the fourth chapter of Hilchot Teshuva, a list of twenty-four aveirot that deter or prevent a person from completing proper teshuva. From this chapter, we learn not only of activities for which teshuva is nearly impossible, but also of activities that facilitate and expedite the teshuva process. This first shiur deals with the first four such activities, both as aveirot and mitzvot. The common thread: our impact on others -- for better and for worse -- has tremendous implications.
6 Elul 5767 | 20 Aug 2007 | Duration: 13:32
MT Teshuva 4:1
A close reading of the well-known Iggeret HaRamban, ethical instructions sent by Nachmanides to his son Nachman, with an eye on the themes of musar and teshuva.
30 Av 5767 | 14 Aug 2007 | Duration: 41:14
Iggeres HaRamban (English) (Note: to view Hebrew in your browser, you may need to set the character encoding to "Hebrew (Windows)".)
Some people fast every Erev Rosh Chodesh for Yom Kippur Katan. What's it all about?
29 Av 5767 | 13 Aug 2007 | Duration: 9:56
OC 417:1; MB 417:4
Why do we recite L'David Ori during the entire month of Elul? And why is the season of teshuva so long?
26 Av 5767 | 10 Aug 2007 | Duration: 14:07
Siddur HaGra
Customs of Elul: selichot, shofar, and Hashem Ori.
25 Av 5767 | 9 Aug 2007 | Duration: 11:08
OC 581:1; MB 581:1-3
What is so special about Yehudah that the Jewish people are called "Jews" due to him? What is it that makes a Jew Jewish?
8 Tevet 5767 | 29 Dec 2006 | Duration: 56:04
Gen 44-46
Hashem runs the world mida k'neged mida -- "measure for measure". Understanding this concept helps us gain insight into Divine Justice and how to do proper teshuva. This class further explores the concept of mida k'neged mida as manifest throughout the narration of Joseph and his brothers.
1 Tevet 5767 | 22 Dec 2006 | Duration: 1:03:15
Gen 40-43
Hashem runs the world mida k'neged mida -- "measure for measure". Understanding this concept helps us gain insight into Divine Justice and how to do proper teshuva. This class explores the concept of mida k'neged mida as manifest throughout the narration of Joseph and his brothers.
24 Kislev 5767 | 15 Dec 2006 | Duration: 56:35
Gen 37-38
What about things we've done that we aren't sure if they are aveiros? What if you aren't sure if you did an aveira or not?
8 Tishrei 5767 | 30 Sep 2006 | Duration: 3:50
OC 603:1
All Jews are strict about pas yisroel during the ten days, even those of us who normally eat pas palter. Why the extra stringency? Just who are we fooling? We certainly aren't fooling G-d, and we aren't even fooling ourselves. So why do it?
6 Tishrei 5767 | 28 Sep 2006 | Duration: 2:30
OC 603:1; MB 603:1
Can Avinu Malkeinu be said without a minyan? What about selichot? Vidui?
5 Tishrei 5767 | 27 Sep 2006 | Duration: 4:38
OC 602:1; Baer Heitev 602:1; OC 581:1; MB 581:4
Special penetential prayers are added during the Aseret Y'mei Teshuva.
4 Tishrei 5767 | 26 Sep 2006 | Duration: 2:51
OC 602:1; MB 602:2,6
There are six changes to the Amidah during the Aseret Y'mei Teshuva. For five of them, one need not repeat the Amidah if a mistake is made.
3 Tishrei 5767 | 25 Sep 2006 | Duration: 3:27
On the day before Rosh HaShanah, we do not say tachanun nor blow shofar.
28 Elul 5766 | 21 Sep 2006 | Duration: 2:44
OC 581:3; MB 581:24
Why all the different and repeated shofar blasts? It confuses the Soton.
27 Elul 5766 | 20 Sep 2006 | Duration: 4:49
Rosh HaShanah 16a
On Rosh HaShanah, all people pass before Hashem for His review and judgement.
26 Elul 5766 | 19 Sep 2006 | Duration: 5:27
Rosh HaShanah 16a; Rosh HaShanah 18a
The selichos are a sublime petition for forgiveness. Their origin? From the Heavens themselves.
25 Elul 5766 | 18 Sep 2006 | Duration: 2:27
Rosh HaShanah 17b
Both the chazan and ba'al tokea (shofar blower) must be Torah observant, married, and over age 30.
22 Elul 5766 | 15 Sep 2006 | Duration: 12:13
OC 581:1; MB 581:2,5,11-13
In addition to serious transgressions like heresy, the Rambam lists are several transgressions that seem minor in comparison... but that cause a Jew to lose his portion in olam ha-ba.
21 Elul 5766 | 14 Sep 2006 | Duration: 11:05
MT Teshuva 3:14
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Ariella Rivkah bas Devora Pessel.
One who separates himself from the Jewish people in this world will be spiritually cut off in the next. So too, one who causes the Nation of Israel to sin will be spiritually excised. Hashem's response to us is measure for measure: as we treat Him, so too will He treat us.
20 Elul 5766 | 13 Sep 2006 | Duration: 14:04
MT Teshuva 3:11-14
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Ariella Rivkah bas Devora Pessel.
The status of: a mumar who is known to violate a particular mitzvah; a mumar who publicly follows a foreign belief system out of convenience; and those who cause the community as a whole to sin.
19 Elul 5766 | 12 Sep 2006 | Duration: 13:23
Kidd. 40a; MT Teshuva 3:9-10
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Ariella Rivkah bas Devora Pessel.
Deniers of Hashem, deniers of prophecy, and deniers of Torah: various forms of heresy.
18 Elul 5766 | 11 Sep 2006 | Duration: 10:33
MT Teshuva 3:7-8
Jews who lose their portion in Olam HaBa.
15 Elul 5766 | 8 Sep 2006 | Duration: 12:33
MT Teshuva 3:6
What is the impact of Teshuva on a Jew's portion of Olam HaBa?
14 Elul 5766 | 7 Sep 2006 | Duration: 7:36
MT Teshuva 3:5
The Rambam's famous understanding of the call of the shofar -- "Awake, sleepers, from your slumber!"
13 Elul 5766 | 6 Sep 2006 | Duration: 13:37
MT Teshuva 3:4-5
In memory of Chaya Sarah bas Micha'el HaLevi on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
The books are open: the Book of Life for the righteous and the Book of Death for the wicked; the rest of us hang in the balance.
12 Elul 5766 | 5 Sep 2006 | Duration: 11:42
MT Teshuva 3:3-4; Rosh HaShanah 16b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Mori v'Rabi, HaRav Shlomo Yitzchak ben Elka, shlit"a.
We should always see ourselves as half guilty, half innocent -- one more aveira and our sentence will be sealed.
8 Elul 5766 | 1 Sep 2006 | Duration: 10:54
MT Teshuva 3:1-2
Dedicated by Ronald and Marion Stein l'ilui nishmat Hinde bas Hersh on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
When another has wronged you, you must work on yourself to develop a forgiving nature.
7 Elul 5766 | 31 Aug 2006 | Duration: 14:17
MT Teshuva 2:10-11
Sometimes, teshuva on its own is not enough. If another person was involved, we must make restitution and seek forgiveness from him.
6 Elul 5766 | 30 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:51
MT Teshuva 2:5-6,9
Complete teshuva requires resolution of the heart, mind, and soul.
5 Elul 5766 | 29 Aug 2006 | Duration: 11:34
MT Teshuva 2:2-4
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Batya bat Leah.
How do you know when you've done teshuva? When is teshuva complete?
4 Elul 5766 | 28 Aug 2006 | Duration: 7:36
MT Teshuva 2:1
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Ephraim ben Chana Miriam.
We begin blowing the shofar daily from Rosh Chodesh Elul. Why all the different sounds?
1 Elul 5766 | 25 Aug 2006 | Duration: 7:17
OC 581:1; MB 581:3; MT Shofar 1:1
What makes Elul such an auspicious time for reconciling ourselves with Hashem?
30 Av 5766 | 25 Aug 2006 | Duration: 9:16
OC 581:1; MB 581 - Introduction
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Ariella Rivkah bas Devora Pessel.
The four levels of transgression and the requirements of kaporah for each.
29 Av 5766 | 24 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:47
MT Teshuva 1:4
Teshuva and the se'ir hamishtaleach of Yom Kippur.
28 Av 5766 | 23 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:43
MT Teshuva 1:2-3
The interrelationship among korbanot, teshuva, and vidui.
27 Av 5766 | 22 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:04
MT Teshuva 1:1
Given as a zechus for a refuah shleima for Tuvia ben Brocha.
The tremendous value of teshuva is more precious than the World to Come.
23 Av 5766 | 18 Aug 2006 | Duration: 7:16
Avot 4:21-22
Dedicated for a shidduch for Henya Rivka bas Fruma.
Vidui is a Mitzvah d'Oraita according to the Rambam. How is it done?
24 Av 5766 | 18 Aug 2006 | Duration: 7:40
MT Teshuva 1:1
L'ilui nishmat Freida bas Mendel on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
On Tisha b'Av, the restrictions on eating, drinking, and washing are identical to the restrictions on Yom Kippur.
25 Tamuz 5766 | 21 Jul 2006 | Duration: 15:55
OC 554:5-11; MB 554:16,21-22
Rav Dovid tells the story of Rabbi Akiva and the Ten Martyrs, rabbinic leaders killed by the Romans during the Hadrianic persecution. This emotional story lays the ground for deep theological concepts concerning Torah, martyrdom, and justice.
13 Tevet 5766 | 13 Jan 2006 | Duration: 8:54
What is Teshuva? How do we do it? Rav Dovid explains the basics of the process of repentance and return according to Maimonides' Hilchos Teshuva (Laws of Teshuva).
9 Tishrei 5766 | 12 Oct 2005 | Duration: 47:22
Hear the call of the Shofar
1 Elul 5755 | 5 Sep 2005 | Duration: 0:27
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