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A major part of the Yom Kippur prayers are the “Ten Viduys,” which are recited throughout the day. This is based on the Torah, and the Rambam’s explanation that the essence of Teshuva, is Viduy.

Viduy means confessing our sins out loud….

The United States proposed an ambitious plan for Gaza in Washington on September 29: Hamas withdrawal, a permanent peace, and the return of Israeli hostages. Many countries responded. However, one of them was a “surprise”: Turkey.

Why?…

A few days ago, I returned to Israel from a journey through Jewish communities across the United States. I met anxious people – nervousness both about the changes happening in their country and about what’s happening here in…

The Plague of Justinian that killed many millions of people in the Near East and Europe, first appeared in Egypt, before spreading throughout the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire. Yersinia pestis, the microbe that causes plague, was…

Mayoral candidates of all stripes typically seek to convince voters that, under their leadership, the city will ensure public safety for all.

Curtis Sliwa is not typical.

“I, unlike any of the candidates, have said Jews…

The song of HaAzinu is a special prophecy that was transmitted to Moshe to pass on to B’nai Yisrael. HaAzinu describes the history that will unfold after Moshe’s death. In the song, we hear allusions to the days of the judges and the…

For the ones whose bodies are wracked with illness,
for the ones crippled by pain,
for the ones who whisper, I cannot bear another year. Please — don’t inscribe me, God. Please let me rest.

For the ones whose nights are sleepless,
for the…

When I was a child, I heard the famous parable told again and again: Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.

I didn’t quite understand back then why I would ever need to…

As we approach the second commemoration of the outbreak of the October 7 War, we pause to remember the fateful days fifty-two years ago when the Jewish State was hanging on by a thin olive-green line.

The reasons that Israel was so unprepared…

The 10th of Tishrei bears layered meanings. In the halakhic-traditional code it is Yom HaKippurim, the day on which the decree is sealed — “Who shall live and who shall die” (Unetaneh Tokef). In the Israeli code, it is Yom Kippur,…