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  • Our RootsRebbetzin Chave Hecht
  • Our LegacyRabbi Jacob J. Hecht
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    overwhelming majority of tallits have
    historically been white, often with stripes. There are a...
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Daily Thought
There’s nothing that matches the joy when a lost child returns home. And you are that child. Because your soul began within G‑d. And she descended into this world to inhabit a body and live as though a stranger to the heavens, captive of a futile dream, journeying upon many winding and perilous roads… Until waking up one day and realizing that none of these lead back home. And now, every day, with every prayer of your heart, with every word of Torah upon your lips, with every mitzvah and...
Weekly Magazine
Due to the pandemic, I’m currently unable to attend service. Can I fulfill this custom by listening to the shofar over Zoom?
Call out from the depths of your heart, and the depths of heaven ring.
Do you know a penny from a pushke? Test your tzedakah knowledge.
Discover how far you may walk on Shabbat and what actions to take if you inadvertently carry.
Anxious Parshah
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Jewish History
Elul 4, 5786
Jewish History
Laws and Customs
  • Elul Observances

    As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionally a time of introspec...