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Hosts Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim Long discuss the beauty and universality of the eternal Torah and its accessibility and vital connection to every individual: Torah For Everyone
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Why is Yom Kippur the Happiest Day of the Year (opens the original)
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Yom Kippur, the awesome 'Day of Atonement,' is not only the holiest day of the year...it's also the happiest day of the year. On this day, the world is bathed in a great light of Divine love and forgiveness. But to avail ourselves of its power, we have to be present and focused on 'teshuva' - spiritual return. What is the secret of repentance, and how does one actually go about it? Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman prepare for the arrival of the awesome day...the day when God promises forgiveness
The Renewal of All Creation (opens the original)
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The holiday of Rosh Hashanah marks not only the beginning of a new year...it is the time when God recreates a completely new world. Every human being -- all Adam's descendants -- are judged and given new life at this holy time. We endeavor to recognize and declare the sovereignty of the Creator, and the penetrating blasts of the shofar remind us of His coronation, while beckoning to us to be mindful of our own great potential for change and total restart. In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast,
"You Are All Standing Today Before God.." (opens the original)
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In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore some of the profound themes of the Torah portions of Nitzavim-Vayelech, as the final Shabbat of the year leads us toward Rosh Hashanah. Moshe renews the covenant with Israel one last time, emphasizing personal and collective responsibility, the mystery of “the hidden things belong to Hashem,” the promise and accessibility of teshuvah, and the revolutionary declaration that “the Torah is not in Heaven.” Above all, t
It's All A Gift (opens the original)
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The theme of the Torah portion Ki Tavo (Deut. 26:1) is particularly powerful during this month of Elul. In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman find that the portion itself seems to contain two utterly different worlds: The farmer walking on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with his first fruits offering amid music, gratitude and joy-- and the terrifying darkness of the verses of the admonition. But in reality they are not two subjects at all...they are relating to the
Finding Holiness Where You Least Expect It (opens the original)
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There's a thread running through this week's Torah portion of Ki Teitzei: there are holy things in this world that have gone into 'spiritual captivity,' and the work of teshuva (sincere return) is not merely to defeat evil, but to recover that which has been captured. In this week's edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman remind us that Elul is not about discovering what is wrong with you...that's not what repentance is all about. The goal of Elul is the reclaim
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