Essays
Chanah’s Prayer
Chana’s prayer taught us how to pray on Rosh Hashanah and throughout the year. This essay is a deep look into Chana’s prayer as the source of Jewish prayer as we understand it.
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A Blast in Three Dimensions
The meaning of the shofar blasts: the sounding of the shofar is more than a commandment—it is also a vehicle for repentence.
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The Coronation
The cry of the shofar resounds: an utterly simple cry, reflecting not the fear of the subject, not the love of the child or the sophistication of the student’s understanding, but the simple trumpet blast of a people’s coronation of their king.
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Rosh Hashanah Stories
Four Hasidic stories. Rosh Hashanah stories from Hasidic masters including the Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev.
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Hemshech Samech Vov
Hemshech Samech Vov is a series of 61 discourses by The Rebbe Rashab. In this introduction, Rabbi Simon Jacobson explains the concepts of chassidus used by The Rebbe Rashab in Hemshech Samech Vov.
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Back to Sinai: A New Solution to the Middle East
The relevance of this narrative today is powerfully evident. We are witnessing today the struggle of nations stemming from Esau – the Roman/Christian/Western world, and Ishmael – the Arab/Muslim world, and their confrontations are deeply related to Israel and the Jews, children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This struggle can truly be understood only by retracing its roots.
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Purim: Middle East Revisited
Perhaps the most intriguing, and definitely the most mysterious, character in the Purim Megilah is King Achashverosh, the Persian leader who ruled the world
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אמור תודה!
Three Small Steps to a Meaningful Life
Many today find their lives bereft of meaning. Here is a three step mindful happy approach that everyone can use to make life more enjoyable and fulfilling.
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Tisha B’Av: A Letter From Rabbi Jacobson
Simon Jacobson’s letter from New York reflecting upon Tisha B’Av and the endurance of Jerusalem and the Jewish people…
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