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The meaning of Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]. Why does Rosh Hashanah [beginning of the year] not atone, but specifically Yom Kippur? We should say that […]

“For a sin we sinned against You with the evil inclination” (from the Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] prayer). We should ask,

The Creator sits on the throne of judgment, meaning He reveals Himself to the lower ones. “Merciful” means that a

We should understand that although the Ten Penitentiary Days [a.k.a., Terrible Days], which are regarded as judgment, Gevura, and fear, and

Midrash Tanchuma, VaYera: “And he said, ‘I do swear,’ declares the Lord.” He said to him, “You swore, and I swore

September 14, 1960 Rosh Hashanah (4, 16b, 34b): “Raba said, ‘The Creator said, ‘Say before Me on Rosh Hashanah: Malchuiot [kingships], memories, Shofarot [pl. of Shofar (a festive horn)]. Malchuiot, so

Who forces the Creator so He cannot sit on the throne of mercy without blowing the Shofar [a festive horn], and precisely

In the Rosh Hashanah prayer, we say, “Happy is a man who does not forget You, and the son of man who exerts

Rabbi Yochanan said, “Why is it written, ‘For man is the tree of the field’ (Deuteronomy 21)? Is man the