While people should in fact do teshuva for all their sins, they should not be paralyzed by the enormity of the work that needs to be done. The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a ...

Most mitzvot summon us to perform tangible actions. Teshuva cannot be reduced to ritual or gesture. It demands intent, sincerity, and inner upheaval. Teshuva is a command of the heart and of the soul.

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Rabbi David Samson is co-author of the book “The Art of Teshuva” based on the teachings of Rabbi Kook. Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being a part of a wonderful educational team for a three-day ...

A few years ago, a group of boisterous campers were walking to a set of wooden bleachers overlooking a beautiful lake late on Shabbos afternoon. Every week, the camp closed out Shabbos in that scenic ...

We are currently in the thick of what I like to call Teshuva Season. Starting with Rosh Chodesh Elul and continuing through Hoshana Rabbah, this time of year gives us a full seven weeks of reflection, ...

Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935), Israel's first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, was the farseeing Gadol Hador who gave the idea of establishing a Jewish state for the Jewish nation its ...

Between September 1977 and June 1981 I attended Yeshiva University High School, commonly known as MTA. During that time Rabbi George Finkelstein was the principal, and Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm – a once ...

Teshuva is a command of the heart and of the soul. Most mitzvot summon us to perform tangible actions. The emotions we bring to these acts may enrich the mitzvah, deepening the experience, but they ...