The Rosh Yeshiva gives three reasons why teshuva (repentance) is the only way to be saved from Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment).
The Rosh Yeshiva gives over a big revelation about the significance of the korban (offering) of Rosh HaShanah compared to other holy days.
The Gate of Return is classic Jewish music from the Diaspora Yeshiva Band, born on Mount Zion in 1975, most-fitting for the month of Elul.
Involvement in Torah is Hope for the Wayward and Rebellious Son | Parashas Ki Seitzei
A Fundamental Key to Success in Spirituality From Our Parashah | Parashas Ki Seitzei | Rabbi Yitzchak Goldstein
The Rosh Yeshiva explains the part of the Torah in Parashas Ki Seitzei that instructs capital punishment for the Ben Soreir uMoreh, the Wayward and Rebellious Son, who refuses to listen to his father and mother—or does it? Learn about some of its lessons and relevance for parents and children historically and today, from the Jewish perspective.
Therefore, a person should ask himself, ‘What shall I do? My evil inclination overpowers me.’ If the Holy One goes with him, he will prevail…
A Jew is different. We have to be sensitive, G-d fearing; we must have the trait of tov v’ra [good and evil] and also walk with tzniyus [modesty] before Hashem. That is the deeper message that we learn from the Avos [Forefathers].
The teachers of ethics expounded allegorically: A person must appoint for himself judges and officers in all his “gates,” that is, in the mouth, the eyes, and the ears, to guard himself from sin. At night, one should always make a cheshbon ha’nefesh [accounting of the soul], judging whether he behaved himself properly.
