THE LIGHTS ARE ON
SELICHOS MESSAGE
All of our teshuva efforts seem to be focused very heavily on Ellul and Tishrei, and in fact, the Rambam says that the true focus for teshuva is just Yom Kippur. But what about the rest of the year? Why are we bunching everything up into one singular moment in time? Using a wonderful parable of the Dubno Maggid, Rabbi Dunner explains why the Yamim Noraim make sense, and why we need the leadup to Yom Kippur to include selichos, and Rosh Hashana, and the Aseres Yemei Teshuva.
THEY ARE CHAPTERS. WE ARE THE BOOK.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) The Tisha B’Av experience is utterly unique. You sit on the floor in the half-dark, your shoes off, your voice cracking through the dirge-like... Read More