On Rosh Hashanah we focus our prayers on coronating the King of Kings, expressing His grandeur, and standing in awe of Him. As we read the verses of malchiyos, zichronos and shofros – especially shofros, where we vividly describe Hashem’s appearance on Mount Sinai – many of us will daven in awe. Yet there is [...]
בראש השנה אנו ממקדים את תפילתנו בהכתרת מלך מלכי המלכים, הבעת תפארתו ועמידה בפניו עם יראת כבודו. כשאנחנו קוראים את הפסוקים של מלכויות, זיכרונות ושופרות - במיוחד בשופרות, שם אנו מתארים בצורה חיה את המראה של ה' בהר סיני - נתפלל באימה וביראה. עם זאת, אין שום זכר לנושא התשובה בשום מקום בתפילת ראש השנה. [...]
Halacha Shiur on blowing the Shofar with Rav Avrohom Baruch Zachariash. Includes: Do the shevarim-teruah notes need to be blown in one breath or two; Which are the most important blasts; how many blasts must one hear; What note really is a teruah; and more!
Should it rachmana litzlan become necessary to say vidui, the Rav has created the document below which can be printed out. Note that while it is four pages, only the first small paragraph needs to be said. Everything else is optional, based on the time and the desire of the goses or infirm. Word format: תפילת וידוי לגוסס [...]
Rav Avrohom Baruch Zachariash speaks to the women of Beis Medrash Ahavas Shalom regarding the unique questions for Rosh Hashanah in a COVID environment.
Rav Avrohom Baruch Zachariash speaks before the first night of Selichos 5780.
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5780 Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30, 17:13 and 18:35. Davening times (especially Mincha) are changing due to the changing times of sunset. Please see the newsletter for a full explanation and the schedule. New weekday Mincha at 15:15. Mincha before sunset ends , which is cancelled Shabbos Shiurim with the [...]
Atem nitzaveim hayom kulchem—You are standing here today. When? “Hayom”. When is that? The “BIG” day of Rosh Hashanah. How are we positioned? Standing in a victorious pose, as a group who were just judged favorably. Why were we judged favorably? Because of “ALL of you” - we weren't standing with just the Jews with [...]
"You are standing today… "(Devarim 29:9) The Medrash tells us that the words “Atem nitzavim” at the beginning of this week’s parsha are in response to the curses in last week’s parsha. Last week, Parshas Ki Savo, Klal Yisrael heard the Tochacha, what was being demanded of them, and the punishments that they would have [...]
"אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙" (דברים כט:ט) מדרש אגדה (תנחומא נצבים פ"א) (מובא ברש"י): "למה נסמכה פרשת אתם נצבים לקללות, לפי ששמעו ישראל מאה קללות חסר שתים חוץ ממ"ט שבתורת כהנים, הוריקו פניהם, ואמרו מי יוכל לעמוד באלו, התחיל משה לפייסם, אתם נצבים היום, הרבה הכעסתם למקום ולא עשה אתכם כלייה, והרי אתם קיימין לפניו" המדרש אומר [...]
