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Nitzavim-Vayelech
By the Numbers
6 Ways This Year (5787) Is Unique
It's the longest year possible; it begins and ends with Shabbat, and more!
It's the longest year possible; it begins and ends with Shabbat, and more!
Your Questions
Why All the Symbolic Rosh Hashanah Foods?
Why are we rational Jews doing something that seems superstitious?
Why are we rational Jews doing something that seems superstitious?
What Does Judaism Tell Us About Absalom?
Discover the son of King David who revolted against his father and met an ignoble death.
Discover the son of King David who revolted against his father and met an ignoble death.
Freeman Files
Quiz
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Standing or Sitting During Prayer
Stand for this, sit for that, stand again a moment later. To the uninitiated, it can look almost choreographed. And it is, but not arbitrarily so.
Stand for this, sit for that, stand again a moment later. To the uninitiated, it can look almost choreographed. And it is, but not arbitrarily so.
Podcasts
The Queen of Cleveland
Two sisters share what it was like to be raised by a woman who literally put her life on the line for Judaism in the Soviet Union time and time again.
Two sisters share what it was like to be raised by a woman who literally put her life on the line for Judaism in the Soviet Union time and time again.
Parshah
Is Judaism Firm and Fixed or Dynamic with Change?
The combined parsha of Nitzavim and Vayelech encapsulates two opposite features: Torah’s firm foundation and changing growth, which are both needed in living a life of Torah. They also serve as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah and the entire coming year.
The combined parsha of Nitzavim and Vayelech encapsulates two opposite features: Torah’s firm foundation and changing growth, which are both needed in living a life of Torah. They also serve as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah and the entire coming year.
Video
Selichot Begin Early Sunday Morning
The Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and Jews would be unable to offer sacrifices in atonement, he asked G-d: “What will we do then?” G-d replied: “Jews should gather as one group to recite Selichos, and I will pardon them.”
The Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and Jews would be unable to offer sacrifices in atonement, he asked G-d: “What will we do then?” G-d replied: “Jews should gather as one group to recite Selichos, and I will pardon them.”
I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Moshiach; and even though he may tarry, nevertheless, I wait for his coming each day
— The 12th of Maimonides' "Thirteen Principles" of the Jewish faith
Print Magazine
You Will Come Home (The bravest act in a person's life)
The Torah tells a story about each one of us, a story in which one day we all eventually return home.
Some read it as an instruction. But it is best read as a promise:
And you will return to G‑d, your G‑d…you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deut. 30:2)
Because, ironic as it may seem, r...
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