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Two Sukkots ago, I found myself walking with my friend in an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem holding a lulav. We had intended to walk...

The underlying happiness during Sukkot is that we celebrate our emunah (faith) and bitachon (trust) in Hashem. The holiday of Sukkot...

One of my favorite holidays is Sukkot (Hebrew for “booths”). Emerging with clean slates from Yom Kippur, we spend the seven days of...

Another Yom Kippur. How is it that we haven’t changed so much since last year? Last night I heard one of the greatest Rabbis in L.A....

In my post last week, we spoke about the main steps of teshuvah, but there is one more crucial step. When we admit that we have hurt...

During the Ten Days of Teshuvah, it is a propitious time to do teshuvah because G-d is close to us. He is like a King who has left his...

The Byrds made King Solomon’s words famous in the modern era. In Kohelet, also known as the Book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote,...

Rosh Hashanah is almost here. On these days, everything will be decided for the coming year: our health, our finances, our relationships,...

The main mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah is to hear the shofar.  According to the Nesivos Sholom, a great Rabbi from the previous generation,...

Today’s #HighHolideas is dedicated to the aliyah (elevation) of the neshama (soul) of Elimelech Ben Basya, the young grandson of my Rabbi...

Avinu Malkeinu, Our Father, Our King, is a main prayer that we say during the High Holidays. On Rosh Hashanah, which is Hebrew for “the...

Imagine you got a chance to meet with Prince William and Kate Middleton. Imagine if during the meeting, you pulled out your phone to...

Why do we need to pray to G-d? G-d is inherently perfect; He doesn’t need our prayers. We need to pray. The Hebrew word for praying is...

I thought my first Rosh Hashanah in Israel would be so high, but I was in for a rude awakening when after two hours I had had enough....

What is Elul? Before any major performance, whether a presentation at work or the Olympic games, we prepare. We know that preparation is...

Not many Jews know what Tisha B’av, the greatest mourning day on the Jewish calendar, is. In my article in The Skribe, I explain not only...