October 2019

A Prayer for Yom Kippur

by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein On this day you have access to your Holy of Holies, your inner most chamber in your heart, the place where you want only goodness and pure service of G-d with nothing in the way and no distractions. I want to express my...

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Yom Kippur and Shabbat

By Nalini Ibragimov If you would ask what the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday is, would you be surprised that it’s Yom Kippur? It does seem to jive with the whole Jewish guilt thing (which is not Jewish at all!). But I’d rather Judaism be known...

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Pregnant with Potential

By: Nalini Ibragimov Many of my favorite tunes in tefila are sung on the Days of Awe, including Rosh Hashanah. After the shofar is blown, we sing the words Hayom harat olam, often translated as, “Today is the birthday of the world”. But it means more...

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