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Weekly Torah Study

Daily Rambam - 3 Chapter Per Day (Hebrew)
September 23, 2023
Today's Lesson: Biat Hamikdash - Chapter 2, Biat Hamikdash - Chapter 3, Biat Hamikdash - Chapter 4
Daily Mitzvah - Sefer Hamitzvot
September 23, 2023
Today's Lesson: Negative Commandment 68, 165; Positive Commandment 31; Negative Commandment 77, 78
Daily Rambam - 1 Chapter Per Day (Hebrew)
September 23, 2023
Today's Lesson: Shevitat Yom Tov - Chapter Five
Hayom Yom
September 23, 2023
Hayom Yom, an expression which translates as 'Day by Day,' is a collection of concise thoughts, often relevant to the season or portion of study when it appears, which gives the reader food to sustain the soul each day of the year.
Daily Tanya
September 23, 2023
Today's Lessons: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 20
Daily Tehilim - Psalms (Hebrew)
September 23, 2023
Today's Tehillim: Chapters 44-48
Daily Tehilim - Psalms
September 23, 2023
Today's Psalms: Chapters 44-48
Daily Chumash with Rashi
September 23, 2023
Parshat Ha'azinu, 7th Portion (Devarim (Deuteronomy) 32:44-32:52) with Rashi

Analysis & Commentary

Covenant & Conversation
September 23, 2023
Beyond Speech
September 23, 2023
What Do You Think?
September 23, 2023
Parshah Recovery
September 23, 2023
Living through the Parshah
September 23, 2023
What the Rebbe Taught Me
September 23, 2023
Weekly Torah
September 23, 2023
Text of Parshah: Haazinu
September 23, 2023
Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah.
Torah Insights By Menachem Feldman
September 23, 2023
Inner Stream
September 23, 2023
Guest Columnists
September 23, 2023
Parshah in Depth: Haazinu
September 23, 2023
Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters.
Text of Parshah with Rashi: Haazinu
September 23, 2023
A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike.
Life's Passages
September 23, 2023
For Friday Night
September 23, 2023
Weekly Sermonette By Yossy Goldman
September 23, 2023
Parshah in a Nutshell: Haazinu
September 23, 2023
Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles.

Articles

Parshah: Find Yourself By Menachem Feldman
Initially, the connection between G‑d and the Jewish people was a contractual one. But then the unexpected happened.
Jewish News: Photos: Chabad Rabbi Brings Aid to Morocco Earthquake Survivors By Yaakov Ort
Jewish News: Record Turnouts Hail Jewish New Year With Public Pride and Faith By Karen Schwartz
Jewish News: Ukrainian President Meets With Chabad Rabbis by Yaakov Ort and Faygie Levy Holt
Jewish News: Prank at UC Berkeley Spurs Kosher Awareness Event By Ellen Braunstein
By the Numbers: Take the Month of Tishrei Quiz By Menachem Posner
Are you in the know? Test your Tishrei knowledge here.
Hebrew Word of the Week: What Can the Hebrew Word for “Repentance” Teach You? By Mendel Kalmenson and Zalman Abraham
By the Numbers: 20 Moving Entries From Rebbetzin Chana's Diary
A rich and descriptive Yiddish writer, she records many events from the struggle to maintain Judaism in the Soviet Union, and the difficulty she endured during her husband’s arrest and subsequent exile.
By the Numbers: Four Stories to Help You Judge More Favorably By Sarah Pachter
Judging ourselves in a favorable way comes naturally; it is extending the benefit of the doubt to others that is a challenge.
By the Numbers: 16 Facts About the “10 Days of Repentance” By Eli Landes
Learn about the auspicious days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Your Questions: What Is Kol Nidre? By Menachem Posner
Kol Nidre is the opening prayer of the holiest day of the year. But is it even a prayer? What is its purpose and meaning?
Your Questions: How Can a Coffee Addict Survive Yom Kippur? By Yehuda Shurpin
Pills, suppositories and other quasi-medical treatment to ease the Yom Kippur fast.
Essay: Can Prayer Really Change Your Reality? By Sara Blau
Our very own Queen Esther teaches us that while practical actions are necessary to succeed in any endeavor, spiritual efforts have the real impact in drawing down G-d’s blessings.
Essay: So You’ve Got a Chunk of G-d Inside You By Tzvi Freeman
Within each of us is a breath of the divine, a neshamah. Everything else is created by speech. She is created by breath and by thought. Everything else is obsessed with being just what it is. But the neshamah hears the music of creation and yearns for it to be heard.

Zmanim (Times)

Dawn (Alot Hashachar) - 5:18 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Earliest Tallit (Misheyakir) - 5:55 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah) - 6:44 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Latest Shema - 9:43 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Latest Shacharit - 10:45 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Midday (Chatzot Hayom) - 12:47 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah) - 1:19 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”) - 4:23 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”) - 5:39 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Sunset (Shkiah) - 6:52 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Shabbat Ends - 7:32 PM -- (9/23/2023)
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah) - 12:48 AM -- (9/23/2023)
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour) - 61:17 min. -- (9/23/2023)

In Honor & In Memory Of…

Ari Fuld
Ari was a messenger with a powerful message. He was a gibor -- a brave & mighty warrior. He was a gibor -- a brave & mighty warrior. "He was a true hero. Not only in his death, but all of his life,” his father Rabbi Yonah Fuld eulogized at the funeral. “He was a giant of strength, of passion, of love for his family. He was a hero to all.” May Ari's memory continue to always be a blessing....

Ephraim Ben Dovid Ber HaLevy

Ephraim Ben Dovid
You are very missed. Enjoy the peace and quiet.

Yaakov Klein

Yaakov Klein
We lost a true gentleman and a good friend when you left us, Yaakov.

Sgt. Or Israelov of the IDF, 18

Sgt. Or Israelov, 18
May his memory be a blessing. Sergeant Israelov was 18 years of age and from the City of Bat Yam.

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