Uman Rosh Hashanah – Now What?
Don’t despair and don’t get depressed! This is the best Rosh Hashanah EVER! Don’t understand how? READ THIS URGENT MESSAGE FROM RABBI ARUSH FROM UMAN!
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A Head and Not a Tail
The lesson we can learn from this special request customarily recited on Rosh Hashanah is one particularly necessary for our generation…
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Four Steps to Success
True, we should have been doing teshuva all year long, every single day. But what do we do now that the Ten Days of Repentance and Yom Kippur are upon us?
Why Uman?
Sometimes it takes years for a person to realize the profound influence that Rosh Hashanah in Uman has for his service of Hashem and his understanding of Rebbe Nachman's teachings.
Walk, Don’t Fly
Why didn’t Hashem create us with wings like the birds? By walking, we’re can’t fly to do a sin – we have more time for introspection and for pondering about our actions…
Apples and Honey
The Rosh Hashanna custom of dipping apples in honey is not some childish way to arouse sleepy children at the holiday table – it’s deeply rooted in Jewish esoteric thought…
Your First Rosh Hashana
There are thousands of new Baalei Teshuva in Israel and abroad for whom this will be their first Rosh Hashanah as observant Jews; Rabbi Brody gives useful advice…
Call of the Great Shofar
The least preferred shofar is the wake-up call that comes from antisemitic nations, warning the Jews to escape while they still can and flee to their own land.
The Snare of Self-Prosecution
Who would be so daft to agree to a guilty verdict against themselves? You're right - no one. Yet, we get tricked into incriminating ourselves constantly…
Give Everyone a Chance
Don’t ever stop giving compliments to each other and most of all, to your children… On Rosh Hashana, every second counts like a thousand years!
A New Start
What makes life most difficult – in child rearing or in anything else – is the feeling that we’re in charge; it’s time to discard that notion and make a new start...
Elul All Year Long
The person at the door asked for a handout, and she lost her patience: “If you're really religious, then why don't you go talk to Hashem?!”
Crowning The King
Our mission in the world is to reveal Hashem's sovereignty and illuminate the world with this knowledge. We inform mankind that there is a God Who is One...
Awe, not Fear
People equate "romance" with "love", but there are greater expressions of love than physical gestures. Forgiveness is probably the greatest expression of love...
Worthy of Forgiveness
Both our personal and national soul correction is to stop our needless whining and perpetual complaining, and to begin saying "Thank You" to Hashem...
All His Glory
By spreading emuna all over the world, we also crown Hashem in all His glory. If people don't know about emuna, they can't know about The King...
The Shofar: Breaking Free
What is the teshuvah needed before Rosh Hashanah? How should we prepare ourselves? What should we think about? What does the shofar accomplish for us individually?
No More Fashion Show
The women who flaunt themselves and crave for attention are far from happy. How can they be? There can be no happiness in a place devoid of Hashem's Holy Presence...