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Rosh Hashanah 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We add in the first bracha of Shemoneh Esrei during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah,זכרנו לחיים מלך חפץ בחיים וכתבנו בספר החיים. We pray to Hashem that He should remember us for life and write us in the book of life; a very reasonable request. However, we end with the w Read more...
Shabbos Shuvah 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Yoma 86B brings a contradiction between two statements of Reish Lakish. One states that if one does Teshuvah, then his sins committed with full intent and awareness, מזיד, are considered as having been done by mistake, שוגג. The other one states that if one does Teshuvah, his s Read more...
Succos 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The pasuk in parshat Emor which commands us to dwell in the Succah states (Chapter 23, Pasuk 43), למען ידעו דורותיכם כי בסוכות הושבתי את בני ישראל בהוציאי אותם מארץ מצרים. There is a well-known dispute between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiva Read more...
Chanukah 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Shabbos 21B teaches a disagreement between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel as to how one lights the Chanukah lights. According to Beis Hillel, we light one candle the first night, and an additional candle each following night for eight days. However, Beis Shammai disagrees and posits that Read more...
