The Judgment Of Rosh Hashana
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Rebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses what is the judgment of Rosh Hashana focused on.
Author: Baila Greenblatt
Accountability And Accessibility
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On Parshat Nitzavim, Mrs. Shira Smiles addresses the question: If Hashem tells us that teshuva and Torah are so close, why does it seem so far away to us?
Modeling And Mindfulness
Posted onOn Parshat Ki -Tavo, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses following in Hashem’s ways and how practicing the mitzvot facilitates an outpouring of blessing from above.
Figuring The Future
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Pinchas.
Assertiveness And Attachment
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Balak.
Influence And Inference
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Chukas.
Discord Discovered
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Korach.
Gigantic Goodness
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Shlach.
Collectivity And Connectivity
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Bamidbar.
The Students Of Rabbi Akiva
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the Students Of Rabbi Akiva.
Haphazardness and Happenstance
Posted onOn Parshat Bechukotai, Mrs. Shira Smiles gives us insight into the verse, “If you behave casually towards me then I too will behave casually towards you.” The class further discusses how a Jew must make spiritual pursuits the focal point of his life.
Jubilee Jubilation
Posted onOn Parshat Behar, Mrs. Shira Smiles gives us insight into the Yovel (jubilee) year and the purpose of sounding the shofar on Yom Kippur of the fiftieth year.
Transmitting The Tradition
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Emor .
The Power Of The Month Of Iyar
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses The Power Of The Month Of Iyar.
Pesach
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the Holiday of Pesach.
The Connection Between The Month Of Adar And Nissan
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the Connection between the Month Of Adar and Nissan.
Simcha
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses Happiness in the month of Adar.
Cautionary Closeness
Posted onMrs. Shira smiles gives us insight into Parshat Smemini.
Sweet And Sour
Posted onMrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Vayikra.
The Power Of The Month Of Adar
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn the Month Of Adar.
Present Presence
Posted onOn Parshat Pekudei, Mrs. Shira smiles discusses the correlation between building the mishkan and building a mini sanctuary in our homes.
Enough Or Extra
Posted onOn Parshat Vayakhel, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the donations the Jewish people brought to the Tabernacle. There is never anything superfluous in one’s service of Hashem . The process of giving of ourselves and of our material wealth for spirituality may have started with our ancestors, but it continues to this day.
Making Majestic Moments
Posted onOn Parshat Ki Tisa, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses how to bring the beauty and joy of Shabbat into the home.
Equilibrium And Expiation
Posted onOn Parshat Tezaveh, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the priestly garments and how clothes define a person’s function and mission.
Pivotal Planks
Posted onOn Parshat Terumah, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses how just as the planks of the Mishkan needed to be set up in a specific order, our lives too must be structured and ordered to achieve perfection in Avodat Hashem.
Super Sensitivity
Posted onOn Parshat Mishpatim, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the verse, “You shall not taunt or oppress a stranger for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” The class examines the great weight placed in heaven on being sensitive to the feelings of others.
Arrival Accentuation
Posted onOn Parshat Yitro, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the Jewish people’s arrival at Har Sinai and the unity that reigned among them as they prepared to accept the Torah.
Bona Fide Bones
Posted onOn Parshat Beshalach, Mrs, Shira Smiles discusses Moshe’s act of taking the bones of Yosef out of Egypt.
Mindset, Movement, and Modeling
Posted onOn Parshat Bo, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses man’s role on this world. While the results are up to Hashem, man is meant to toil to reach the tzurat ha’adam, the perfected human form Adam was before the sin.
Hail to the Hail
Posted onOn Parshat Va’eira, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the plague of hail and how Moshe had to go to a world above the heavens to bring down the miraculous seemingly paradoxical hailstones.