Much has been written about Rav Elyashiv’s alleged statement that it is prohibited to where Croc’s on Yom Kippur. While I didn’t have time to write anything about it before YK, I thought that it was still important to bring some sources which address the issue. The prohibition of wearing leather shoes on YK is [...]
Ynet has an article (Hebrew) titled “From Mainz to Beit ha-Shitta.” The article talks about one of the central prayers of the Yamim Noraim, Untaneh Tokef (see here for the poem in Hebrew). The authorship of this liturgical piece was attributed to Rabbi Amnon of Mainz (11th c.) for many years and recently it has [...]
See here for a previous post about blowing the Shofar on Shabbat and this post from Seforim and this article which Dan links to. Update: Maariv has an article on the shofar blowing this past shabbat in Jerusalem.
I wish everyone a שנה טובה. I am surprised that I haven’t heard more about the numerical significance of this year, (5)770. Who knows, maybe this year will be the big one. Then again, in Hebrew it is תש”ע, maybe something is in the cards for יש”ע. Then again, maybe we should be focusing on [...]
My parents told me about a post at the blog D’yo Ilu Yamey which includes a number of translations of poems relating to the Akedah and the life of Abraham. They offer some thought-provoking material from modern texts for Rosh ha-Shannah study since Gen. chapters 21-22 are read on Rosh ha-Shannah. The poems can be [...]
The Rabbinical Assembly will be publishing a new mahzor next year. You can see some sample pages which can be downloaded here.
In an article about Rosh ha-Shannah and Yom Kippur, R. David Hartman writes, The call to teshuva, therefore, is expressed not only in the plea to God for forgiveness and in the affirmation of God’s gracious love and reluctance to mete out punishment and retribution, but also, and most poignantly, in the repeated attempts at [...]
Not that I read Italian, but I wonder if there were any articles in English in the newest volume of Materia giudaica, edited by Mauro Perani. Not only are there a number of articles in English, but they are also available online here. This volume includes in English, in addition to what seem like many [...]
R. Alan Yuter has a few critical words here about Artscroll’s, or at least the book which they published, take on tashlich. The political significance of Feuer’s Judaism is to infantilize Jewry into an obedient and uncritical mass whose world is hopelessly enchanted and frightful. The right reverend rabbis who possess both Daas Torah and [...]
American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism) has posted a number of videos for the Yamim Noraim and a source-packet.
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