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Nitzavim-Vayelech
By the Numbers
6 Ways This Year (5787) Is Unique
It's the longest year possible; it begins and ends with Shabbat, and more!
It's the longest year possible; it begins and ends with Shabbat, and more!
Your Questions
Why All the Symbolic Rosh Hashanah Foods?
Why are we rational Jews doing something that seems superstitious?
Why are we rational Jews doing something that seems superstitious?
What Does Judaism Tell Us About Absalom?
Discover the son of King David who revolted against his father and met an ignoble death.
Discover the son of King David who revolted against his father and met an ignoble death.
Freeman Files
Quiz
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Standing or Sitting During Prayer
Stand for this, sit for that, stand again a moment later. To the uninitiated, it can look almost choreographed. And it is, but not arbitrarily so.
Stand for this, sit for that, stand again a moment later. To the uninitiated, it can look almost choreographed. And it is, but not arbitrarily so.
Podcasts
The Queen of Cleveland
Two sisters share what it was like to be raised by a woman who literally put her life on the line for Judaism in the Soviet Union time and time again.
Two sisters share what it was like to be raised by a woman who literally put her life on the line for Judaism in the Soviet Union time and time again.
Parshah
Is Judaism Firm and Fixed or Dynamic with Change?
The combined parsha of Nitzavim and Vayelech encapsulates two opposite features: Torah’s firm foundation and changing growth, which are both needed in living a life of Torah. They also serve as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah and the entire coming year.
The combined parsha of Nitzavim and Vayelech encapsulates two opposite features: Torah’s firm foundation and changing growth, which are both needed in living a life of Torah. They also serve as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah and the entire coming year.
Video
Selichot Begin Early Sunday Morning
The Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and Jews would be unable to offer sacrifices in atonement, he asked G-d: “What will we do then?” G-d replied: “Jews should gather as one group to recite Selichos, and I will pardon them.”
The Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and Jews would be unable to offer sacrifices in atonement, he asked G-d: “What will we do then?” G-d replied: “Jews should gather as one group to recite Selichos, and I will pardon them.”
And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart; you shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when sitting in your home and walking on the road, when you lie down and when you rise
— Deuteronomy 6:6
Print Magazine
The Baal Shem Tov taught:
To live a G‑dly life, to keep all the mitzvahs with awe, with love, and with joy—this is not something distant from you. It is who you truly are.
Because within you is a soul, a G‑d point, a divine living being that cannot allow itself to be torn away from G‑d, that only desires to be alwa...
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