A Thought for the Week

Sukkot: Back to Eden

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The Hero of Yom Kippur

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Ha'azinu: A Straight Shooter

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מִי שֶׁעָנָה | The One Who Answered (Selichot: New Apologies)

To continue to receive updates from Selichot: New Apologies, subscribe here! In this piyyut said whenever selichot are recited we ask G-d to answer our prayers just as h

אִמַּנְתָּ מֵאָז | You Taught Us (Selichot: New Apologies)

Drawing on the notion that the Ten Days of Repentance were created even before the world came into being, the poet urges us to take advantage of this special time when ou

אָדָם אֵיךְ יִזְכֶּה | How Can Man Merit (Selichot: New Apologies)

In this selicha for the eve of Rosh Hashanah we confront the inevitability of death, yet through prayer and tzedakah, we can be amongst the righteous who even in death li

Rosh HaShanah: Why Celebrate?

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יִשְֹרָאֵל נוֹשַׁע | Yisrael Nosha b’Hashem (Selichot: New Apologies)

In today’s selicha, we place our unconditional trust in G-d’s salvation in the face of ongoing persecution. יִשְֹרָאֵל נוֹשַׁע בַּיהֹוָה, תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים. גַּם־הַיּ

אִם עֲוֺנֵינוּ רַבּוּ לְהַגְדִּיל | Eem Avoneniu (Selichot: New Apologies)

In today’s selicha we plead with G-d to remember the Pure one, the Gathered One and the Builder. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אִם

אֵיךְ נִפְתַּח פֶּה | Eich Niftach Pe (Selichot: New Apologies)

In the opening selicha recited on the first night of selichot we acknowledge that only by relying on the mercy of G-d can the Jewish people hope for eternity. Join the W

Introduction to Selichot 5787

In the opening episode of our second season of Selichot: New Apologies we discuss the daily prayer for forgiveness as an integral part of the Amidah and discuss how the d

Nitzavim-Vayelech: It's Up to Us

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Ki Tavo: Today’s News

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Ki Teitzei: Balancing the Scales

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Shoftim: The Limits on Leadership

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Re'eh: Moshe’s Great Fear

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Eikev: Counting to 100

Join as we discuss the connection between Birchat haMazon and the Garden of Eden.  If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish c

Va'etchanan: A Second Revelation

Join as we discuss the significance of an extra vav the second time around. If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content,

Tisha b'Av | When Will the Kinnot End? The Horrors of October 7

These two moving kinnot written by survivors of the Nachal Oz and Kfar Aza ask as Yirmiyahu did, Eicha, How can it be? How can it be? If you would like to partner with u

BONUS | Rising From the Grave

Our ancestors are awoken by Yirmiyahs to plead on behalf of their children. But their children continue to sin and the merit of our ancestors has long expired.  This is