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Yom Kippur
The Origin Of Kol Nidre
The Piyut Eileh Ezkara-The Midrash
Concerning The Ten Martyrs
Succot
The Preferrred Time to Perform
the Mtzvah of Lulav and Esrog
Shemini Atzeret
Tephilat Geshem
Chanukah
History of Al Hanissim and
Maoz Tzur
The Tragic Side of
the Chanukah Story
Parshat Shekalim
V'Al Ha'Nissim
Megilat Antiochut
Reciting Mizmor Shir Chanukat
Ha'Bayit on Chanukah
Midrashim Concerning
Chanukah
Introduction to Parshat Shekalim
Questions Concerning Parshat
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Parshat Zachor
The Piyuttim of Parshat Zachor
May Jews Associate with Those who
May Currently Be Considered Amalek
Parshat Parah
The Piyuttim of Parshat Parah
Dvar Torah Concerning
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Parshat HaChodesh
Introduction to Parshat HaChodesh
Midrashim Concerning Parshat
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Shabbat HaGadol
Introduction to Shabbat HaGadol
Pesach
Did The Jews Recite The
Haggadah or an Equivalent While
Eating the Korban Pesach
Seder Amirat Korban Pesach
Half Hallel on the 7th and
8th Day of Pesach
Shavuot
Mussaf for the Holidays
Chodesh Elul
L'Dovid Hashem Ori
Is the Mitzvah of Shofar to Hear the
Shofar or to Blow the Shofar
May Selichot be Recited
Before Midnight
The Words of the Ashamnu Vi'Duy
Is a Father Required to Purchase a
Lulav and Esrog for his Minor Son
The Minhagim of Simchat Torah
Giving Thanks and Reciting
Hallel on Chanukah
Laws and Customs of the Half
Shekel
Laws and Customs of Parshat Zachor
Purim
Holding a Wedding
On Ta'Anit Esther
Why Jews are Mikadesh the Moon
and Not The Sun
Two Thoughts on
Parshat Parah
The Explanation of the Shibolei
Ha'Lekket to the Haggaddah
The Zohar on Kriyat Yam Soof
Tisha B'Av
Introduction to the Kinot
of Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av Issues
The Text of the Selichot
More Questions
Concerning the Selichot
The Source for the Mussaf Shemona
Esrei of Rosh Hashonah
Yom Kippur in Many Lands
Hoshanot as a Form of Piyut
More on Tephilas Geshem
Customs of Chanukah Found
in Masechet Sofrim
The Piyuttim of the Arbah Parshiot
Piyuttim as an Answer to
the Threat of the Karaites
About the Hagaddah
Issues Within the Hagaddah
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Goan-9th Century CE
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ENRICHING THE KINOT SERVICE

The Beurei Hatefila Institute Urges All
Synagogues To Institute a Program On
Tisha B’Av Wherein Fewer Kinot Are
Recited nd They are Recited By
Paragraph Alternatively In Hebrew And
Then In English

This Program Is Already In Use In Some
Communities. Click Here To Read About
Their Experiences