The Ba’al Shem Tov: When the Fox Forgot his Parables
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
Category : Yom Kipur
The Yom Kippur Scapegoat: Throwing a Bone to Evil?
The Strange Goat that is not a Sacrifice One of the unique components of the service in the Temple on Yom Kippur (written in the...
Festivals Remedy Mental Illness
The Torah is multidimensional. Chasidic thought unlocked the psychological side dimension in all its depth. One of the ideas uncovered is that the festivals correspond...
The Pleasure of Fasting on Yom Kippur
On Yom Kippur we do not eat or drink, afflicting ourselves with five different types of affliction. On the other hand, the Torah refers to...
Jonah the Prophet
Rabbi Ginsburgh’s amazing discussion of Jonah the Prophet, the haftarah that we read on Yom Kippur. Photo by Jennett Bremer on Unsplash...
Forgiving G-d
One of the beautiful and famous allusions of the month of Elul is the acronym of its letters to read, “Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li”, “I...
Taking a Deeper Look at the Yom Kippur Service in the Temple
Rectifying Inappropriate Audacity In the Torah there is an emphasis on the relationship between the Yom Kippur service in the Temple and the death of...
Yom Kippur―the Antidote to Thanatophobia (Fear of Dying)
The Black Hole Experience[1] We all love life and find it difficult to conceive of relinquishing our hold on it. However, for some individuals, this love of life...
