Rosh Hashanah

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Understanding Selichot

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave. Toronto. Join Rabbi Kelman on “Selichot Opening Night," Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 pm (selichot at midnight) and 20 minutes before ma'ariv and selichot  (9:10 pm) every other night…
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Starting Over: Teshuvah and Life Change

Starting Over: Teshuvah and Life Change
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Understanding the Yamim Noraim Perspectives in Jewish Law and Thought

Understanding the Yamim Noraim Perspectives in Jewish Law and Thought
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Yom Kippur: Where Are You?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.” No two holidays are as thematically connected as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So much so that we view them almost as one, the bookends of the Yamim Noraim, the days of awe…
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Rosh Hashanah: A Redemptive Moment

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the strengths of the Jewish people is our ability to focus on the future. What we do tomorrow is more important than we did yesterday. The entire notion of teshuva is dependent on our ability to move beyond the past, to say that I can do…
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Understanding Selichot

Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Elan Mazer

9:15 Explanation of selichot 9:30 Maariv 9:40 Selichot Join Rabbi Kelman and Rabbi Mazer (on alternate nights) for a 15 minute introduction to the selichot to be recited that evening - the origin, meaning and literary techniques of…
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Judaism and Forgiveness

Dr. Elliott Malamet

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Rosh Hashanah: A Great Gift!

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Teshuva tefillah, utzedkaha ma’aveerim et roah hagezeirah - repentance, prayer and tzedakah remove the evil of the decree.   Prayer is a great gift from G-d[1]. That the Divine allows human beings, full of sin to approach Him and…
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Chagigah 14: Acher, Please Return

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the hallmarks of the Western world is its inclusiveness. Great attempts are made to make all feel included, no matter their ability or their lifestyle. This is a most beautiful sentiment. Society has become more sensitive to the needs of…
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Rosh Hashanah: Do I Need to Pray?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"On Rosh Hashanah, we read 'on the seventh month on the first day', and the maftir reads, 'is not Ephraim my precious son'; and some say we read 'and G-d remembered Sarah', and the maftir with…
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