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The Origin Of Kol Nidre
The Piyut Eileh Ezkara-The Midrash
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The Preferrred Time to Perform
the Mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog
Shemini Atzeret
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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
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Introduction to Parshat Shekalim
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May Jews Associate with Those who
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Did The Jews Recite The
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Half Hallel on the 7th and
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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
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Purim
Holding a Wedding
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Why Jews are Mikadesh the Moon
and Not The Sun
Two Thoughts on
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Ha'Lekket to the Haggaddah
The Zohar on Kriyat Yam Soof
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of Tisha B'Av
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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
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Customs of Chanukah
Found in Masechet Sofrim
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the Threat of the Karaites
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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
But They are Recited By Paragraph 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
Based On What Holiday
Was Chanukah Modelled?
A Taste Of The Sefer
Ha'Makabim
Rabim B'Yad Mi'Atim-Jews
As Professional Soldiers
A Piyut For Tu B'Shvat
Tu B'Shvat
Introduction To The Piyuttim Of The
Arbah Parshios
Megilas Eichah As The Model For The Kinos