Rabbi Zvika Krieger: Erev Rosh Hashanah Drash Turning Toward
Rabbi Krieger observes that while the Torah stipulates the requirement to observe a day of remembrance, it doesn’t provide any information about what we are…
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Rabbi Krieger observes that while the Torah stipulates the requirement to observe a day of remembrance, it doesn’t provide any information about what we are…
Rabbi Sacks considers the actual meaning of Judaism – religion, culture, collection of commands…Actually, in his words, Judaism is a way of understanding the world…