This Mitzva: Teshuva – Source Sheets
Alumni Group Learning Parshat Netzavim Devarim 30:11-14 Chumash, Ramban, Sforno, and Kli Yakar [Learn through the sources, guided by the questions. In an email (subject: “Elul Webshiur”) write the answers to the questions, numbering them 1 through 7, send them in to the Darche Noam Israel office, and you will receive a response with comments […]
Doing Chesed in Elul
R. Eliezer Kwass Elul is a time to be especially involved in chesed – lovingkindness. Here are three reasons why. 1. Elul is a time of coming close to G-d. The 40 days of closeness Hashem showed the people of Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf reawaken every year, from Rosh Chodesh Elul […]
Recapturing Elul
R. Eliezer Kwass “Elul” in the Eastern European Torah world was synonymous with spiritual intensity. This intensity was not limited to Gedolei Yisrael and Bnei Yeshiva, nor just to praying and learning, but to the whole Jewish community and all spheres of service of G-d. Rav Ben Zion Lapian relates that as a youth he […]
The Wisdom Within the Action How to Prevent Physicality from Bringing You Down
The religious person is caught in a very difficult predicament in this world. He possesses a desire (and mandate) for spirituality, wisdom and the higher things of life. Man, however, of necessity lives in the physical world. Physicality is inescapable as long as his soul is connected to his body. Physicality is there in the […]
Recommendations for Elul & the Yamim Noraim
by Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld Chodesh Elul is upon us. Some of us shudder at the thought of approaching discomfort. We suspect that we are going to be miserable until that last Shofar blast of Yom Kippur frees us from the perennial nag of conscience. Others, though, will look forward to the approaching Yamim Noraim with […]
Back to Basics
by Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky “Simplify, simplify.” “Back to Basics.” “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” These ideas are not just management mantras. They express some of the foundations of our spiritual “work” as we approach the Yamim Noraim, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. On Rosh Hashana we stand […]
An Island in Time
Rabbi Ron-Ami Meir Noted kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria – the Arizal – offers a seemingly cryptic drasha relating to the month of Elul. In Parshat Misphatim, the Torah discusses the establishment of Cities of Refuge: “If a person does not plan to kill, but G-d caused it to happen, then I will set aside a […]
The London Series Continues
Kicking off with Rabbi Shuster last month, the London Series is back! Don’t miss Rabbi Karlinsky this November at the Kinloss Community Kollel speaking on “Spirituality and Holiness in Judaism.”
Don’t miss us in November
We’re coming to the US and UK! Book a time to meet with us! Know someone interested in one of our programs? We would love to meet them! Friday November 7th – See Rabbi Shurin in New York/ New Jersey, and Elliott Cahan in Cleveland. Hear Rabbi Lynn speak at LINK Kollel, LA – check […]
It’s Happening in the UK this Month!
Monday, Nov. 17th @ 8:30 pm The London Series continues… with Rabbi Karlinsky! “Spirituality and Holiness in Judaism” Kinloss Community Kollel Finchley Synagogue, Finchley Gardens See the full series here Tuesday, Nov. 18th @ 8:30 – 9:00 am The Torah Way – shiur with Rabbi Karlinsky Kehillas Ohel Moshe, London 100-102 Leeside Crescent […]
