What Really Happens on Yom Kippur?

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin

The Satan's Most Powerful Weapon

Rabbi Mendel Kessin : 5 minute shiur

and a 3 minute shiur "Why People Don't Change"

 

What Was the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden?

Rabbi Efraim Palvanov

Was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil really an apple? What did the Garden of Eden smell like? And what does it all have to do with dipping an apple in honey on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah? Find out in this short video, excerpted from the full-length class here 

"The Signs are There"

New video from Rabbi Yuval Ovadia, in English

Title is actually "End of Days Special" and I've only heard the first couple of minutes, but thought it

would be worthwhile blogging. I don't know what he's going to say, guess I'll find out soon enough.

The Signs of the New Year: 5784

 To read, click here The Signs of the New Year 5784

Rosh HaShanah 5784

I want to wish everyone a Shana Tova u'Metuka and I'll be back G-d willing after Yomtov.

The Connection Between Rosh HaShanah and Jewish History

New shiur from Rabbi Mendel Kessin

The Quality of Essence

Artist Unknown

God's Portion: His People

The Baal Shem Tov taught: ''The quality of essence is such that as soon as one grasps a tiny part of the essence, one grasps the whole of it.''

Thus it follows, that since all Jews [''His people''] have a Godly soul which is ''literally a portion of God above'' [Tanya Ch.2] - ''God's portion'' - then even when that soul undergoes the long journey downwards to this world, it remains inseparably bound with the Essence of God.  [See Ha'azinu 32:9]

Based on Sefer Hama'amarim 5735 p.243 Lubavitcher Rebbe