YOM KIPPUR IN A NUTSHELL
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year -- the day on which we are closest to G-d and to the quintessential core of our own souls.
ESSAY: AT-ONEMENT
Yes, you'll tell me, I've got it all wrong. "Atonement" is simply the translation of the Hebrew Kapparah. What has that got to do with "oneness" or "onement"?
A JOY THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS
All reserve disappears in the exuberant dancing of Simchas Torah. Every Jew feels a natural desire to take a Torah scroll in his arms and celebrate.
SIMCHAT TORAH CUSTOM
A brief overview of the customs of the festival of Simchat Torah.
THE PRAYER FOR RAIN
We begin saying "Mashiv haruach..." during the Musaf prayer of Shemini Atzeret.
