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Torah and Jewish Idea => Torah and Jewish Idea => Topic started by: muman613 on September 02, 2013, 09:33:24 PM
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Here are some videos to think about before we go into the ten days of awe...
Rabbi Richmans discussion of the final 'Song' of the Torah...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpA_c2J1glM&list=WL67B28C0105C4A880
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Rabbi Benny Hershcovitch..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfqzdDOhZg
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One of these days I need to get myself my own Shofar and blow it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCT8Q16dG48
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct7W4OvUakM
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I did not realize that Rabbi Weisblum was such a good Cantor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxs95CHAnCQ
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I hope to post more Shelichot videos in the High Holiday thread.
Meanwhile let's review the Hebrew words we can learn from the Holiday...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoanHX3nZgw
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Just what are we doing during Selichot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBEyTXhDrc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUj2AItfwUM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpdZu9T6RM
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Rabbi Shafier gives his traditionally short shmuz on Rosh Hashanah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtopM-c_yP4
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Here is a longer talk by Rabbi Shafier on the concept of judgment (Yom HaDin)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMwmBaiAiAg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FFbouJLqw
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This Friday evening the holiest day of Yom Kippur begins... Study of the holiday should already begin...
Rabbi Richman on the Book of Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIv0KVNiWvE
News coverage of Selichot prayers and Kapparot ritual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0nxloYHC4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igwq9k7h4pM
Another JNI short news spot on Selichot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqj7xvhCiiI
Here is a brand new Yom Kippur acapella rap about Jonah (the Haftarah of Yom Kippur) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qKQkQlxR-8
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http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/5347/jewish/Afternoon-Service.htm
The afternoon service consists of the Torah reading, the Amidah prayer, the cantor's repetition of the Amidah, the recital of Avinu Malkenu ("Our Father, Our King").
Torah Reading: The Torah reading speaks of the purity of Jewish life. The Torah warns us not to follow in the immoral ways of Egyptians and native Canaanites, "that the land spew you not out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you."
The Haftorah: We read the entire Book of Jonah. It contains a timely message on the importance of repentance and prayer. If sinfulness can cause the land to vomit its inhabitants, repentance can cause the fish to deposit Jonah back on dry land and return him to life. One should never despair, prayer and repentance lead from darkness to light, from the shadow of death to a new life.
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Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in Jerusalem 1972.... Incredible feelings of the coming of Moshiach can be felt here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxPZ56tUbaw
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Carlebachian davening nusach for the days of awe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7dLIT4sRQk
I recognize that niggun at 5:30... We sang it on Rosh Hashanah...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYlvWcptiyk
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From the spiritually uplifting, back down to earth... It is impossible to think that this week marks the 12th year since my brother died in the 9/11 attack on the WTC. It is a part of the Yom Kippur service called Yitzkor (Rememberance) where we say kaddish, and a blessing for the soul of our departed relatives. I say it for my father, and my brother...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U__dGZlFDJU
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One more then its time for bed for me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk2eCp4DC0U
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Shalom,
Just got home from work at 9:11 this evening (after waking up at 9:11 this morning)...
Here is the newest Rabbi Richman video on Yom Kippur 5774:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91j7ImBVhgE
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Here is Rabbi Carlebach doing Kol Nidre, the paramount event where we nullify our vows at the beginning of the awesome evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2RrErhVxks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv5Yn3qlEE
I guess I just discovered that Rabbi Golub must be reform, I am sorry about that... We do not play instruments on Yom Kippur as the day has the same restrictions as a Shabbat does, and instruments are not permitted on Shabbat.
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Now for a real Rabbi who lives in Jerusalem and teaches the real Torah... Rabbi Machlis in a two part video on Yom Kippur...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX75BALaptM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eB7HlzHg3Y
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZI79bExpY
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Rabbi Herscovitch from Chabad in Cabo with his Yom Kippur message on a lesson from Jonah...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naeso5hq44o
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Here is a video I think I have posted several times, another hip-hop Jonah tale...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQBbgNEG2U
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Rabbi Finkelstein teaches about the Jewish concept of Teshuva (Return/Repentance)...
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/8907ed191ed7f67e688f068436e91ecd/tumblr_msggvvVRwd1rkdjdso1_1280.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-cot4I8FQ
(http://jewishmag.com/95mag/tdakatshuva/title.gif)
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One more Kol Nidre video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sR5ovxtLic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5JWYxTvJWk
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I should have said 'bli nedar'....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8o2yExBHXU
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Shalom, Lailah Tov (Good evening)...
Some short videos from Rabbi Shafiers, the Shmuz...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5u8bLq9ws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAAkV5CasQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTLq-ys0shY
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Note sure if anyone else has posted the latest Aish.com Yom Kippur video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOGSgEGzfig
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Here is Rabbi Sachs explaining the reason we say Kol Nidre:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW-cSrxQ1IU
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This video is inspiring. Seeing people who have been challenged, rising to their full potential despite their challenges, is very motivating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGXVgUz_Ts
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Here is an instrumental, Cantoral version of the Ashamnu confessional prayer...
Oy, Oy Oy, Ooooy Oy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmzj55jcSyw
http://www.aish.com/h/hh/gar/atonement/Asking_God_for_Forgiveness.html
The Confession
ASHAMNU: We have become desolate. We commit ourselves to recognizing that our failures are self-destructive.
BAGADNU: We have betrayed our potential, our families, God Himself. We can question who we have been in our multifaceted role as a human being and as a Jew? Who have we betrayed? Is it not ultimately ourselves as well as others?
GAZALNU: We have stolen. This includes not only financial theft, but theft of time, and misleading others into thinking that we are more accomplished than we actually are. This sin is especially damaging in that it reflects the fact that we have rejected the role in life that God has given us.
DEBARNU DOFI: We have spoken with "two mouths" – we have been hypocritical. We can confront our fear of rejection, and the dishonesty that we use to "cover ourselves." Who are we afraid of? Why? Should we not be more willing to tackle the reality that confronts us?
HEYVINU: We have made things crooked. This includes all forms of dishonest rationalizations. Our hunger for decency sometimes is satiable through false justifications. We must remember that even a murderer invariably justifies himself at the time he commits the crime. We must rise above the false self-pity that at times lets us slip into situational ethics.
VI'HIRSHANU: And we have made others wicked. We have forced others into destructive responses. An example of this is a parent who slaps the face of an older child, almost forcing him into loss of verbal (and possibly even physical) self-control.
ZADNU: We have sinned intentionally. The classical example is lying, in which case there is always full awareness of the factuality of the sin. How could we learn to bring God back into our consciousness when we are blinded by stress and fear?
CHAMASNU: We have been violent. This includes all forms of taking the law in one's own hands. Almost everyone has fallen into the trap of letting the ends justify the means.
TAFALNU SHEKER: We have become desensitized to dishonesty. Dishonesty feels "normal" to us. When we live in a time and place where lying is "normal," we can endeavor to envision our spiritual heroes in our shoes.
YATZNU RA: We have given bad advice. This often is the result of being ashamed to admit ignorance. One of the most beautiful aspects of taking counsel from the Torah sages is their refreshing ability to use the words "I don't know." Committing ourselves to re-introduce this phrase can be life-changing.
KIZAVNU: We have disappointed God, ourselves and others by not living up to our promises. We tell people that we can be counted upon, when we really mean that we can be counted upon if things work out. When they don't, it is important to ask one's self: Why is it that in situations where integrity and convenience can't coexist, it is always integrity that must be sacrificed?
LATZNU: We have been contemptuous. We have diminished the importance of people and values that deserve respect. We all know at least one person who makes himself/herself "big" by devaluing others. If that person is ourselves, then we must question the direction that our need for self-esteem takes us.
MARADNU: We have rebelled. We, in our bottomless insecurity, have found ourselves negatively proving ourselves endlessly both to God and to our fellow man. How many times this year could our lives been spiritually improved, if we didn't have to "teach" anyone a lesson?
NI'ATZNU: We have enraged people. We have purposely pushed other people's buttons. We have caused God's anger to be awakened by our self-destructive behavior. We've let our desire for human connection lead us to destructive interactions.
SARARNU: We have turned aside. We have confronted truth and looked the other way. We have chosen ease over morality.
AVINU: We fallen victim to our impulses. Would our lives be improved if we learned to not only ask ourselves the question "what" but the question "when"? The desire for instant gratification has financial, physical and emotional implications.
PASHANU: We have broken standards of behavior that we know to be right and then justified this because of our egotism. Have we not found ourselves justifying bad decisions with lie after lie? Have we not moved forward because to do so would mean tacitly admitting that our present level is not "perfect" enough to gratify our bottomless egos?
TZARARNU: We afflicted others. Even in situations where harsh words are demanded, whenever we go beyond what is called for, we are accountable for the pain suffered by every unnecessary word. While we may be just letting off steam, our victims may believe every word that we say. The result can be a tragic diminishment of their self-esteem.
KISHINU OREF: We have been stiff-necked. We have been stubborn and unwilling to redefine ourselves. No matter how wrong we are, we insist that we are right.
RISHANU: We have been wicked. This includes all forms of physical aggression or financial injustice (such as refusal to repay a loan). When Moses saw his fellow Jew striking another Jew, he called him "rasha." He never used this phrase in any other context.
SHICHATNU: We have been immoral. This includes all forms of dehumanizing "hunting" members of the opposite sex, or the equally dehumanizing choice of becoming "prey." Do we question why we select a specific image to be the one that we use to let the world know who we are?
TA'INU: We have erred. This, of course, is not a reference to sins that we have done because we weren't aware of better options. This refers to the choice to remain ignorant out of fear or laziness that inevitably leads to making further mistakes. This is a good time to make a solid, defined resolution to learn more. Let it replace the vague realization that time is slipping by.
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TITANU: We have misled others. We have spread our ignorant assumptions and thereby victimized others.
The purpose of studying this list is not to wallow in guilt. It is to bring us to the point where we can honestly come before God and say, "This is who I was. Help me be who I want to be. Help me find my truest self."
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Shalom, just got home about an hour ago from a long day of davening, shmoozing, and relaxing with a bunch of great Jews. I have to admit I love my community. It is small enought that we can personally relate to everyone. I have several elder friends who I help when then need help. I met some new people who we are bringing into the community. They are from Russia and were talking about the various russian/ukrainian communities in the area. It was a grandmother, a mother, and a young Bat Mitzvah aged girl. I think it is great they are joining our group.
My fast was not that bad, but by the afternoon I began to dehydrate. It caused me to have some cramps in my chest, which caused me some discomfort but eventually I relaxed my muscles enough to get through the entire service. I really should be in better shape but that is another story.
Here is a rap from Ari Lesser for Rosh Hashanah this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ1ZdgIOwFw