Podcasts about Kippur

Acquista il mio nuovo libro, "Neanche Nietzsche era un superuomo": https://amzn.eu/d/0hN113ZXNegli anni '70 e nei primi anni '80 la situazione in Medio Oriente cambiò: prima una guerra, poi un parziale processo di pace.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dentro-alla-storia--4778249/support.

Send us Fan MailThough her high-flying literary husband took center-stage, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry was more than just the metaphorical “rose” in his novella The Little Prince. She was a writer and artist in her own right, with a gift for storytelling that's evidenced in the now out-of-print novel Oppède. Following her death, an undiscovered memoir she wrote about her marriage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry surfaced among her belongings and was published to great acclaim in 2000 as The Tale of the Rose. Wellesley professor Sara Kippur joins us in conversation to discuss the glittering life and literary merits of this often-overlooked 20th-century figure.Mentioned in this episodeThe Tale of the Rose: The Love Story Behind The Little Prince by Consuelo de Saint-ExupéryOppède or Kingdom of the Rocks by Consuelo de Saint-ExupéryNew York Nouveau: How Postwar French Literature Became American by Sara KippurThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJosé VasconcelosEnrique Gomez CarrilloNelly de VogüéAlain VircondeletJosé Martines FructuosoLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 117 on Zelda FitzgeraldAndré GideAndré BretonOppèdeWebsite with photos of Consuelo's artVarian FryElsa TrioletTropisms by Nathalie SarrauteThe Sea Wall by Marguerite DurasSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter.Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

by Aubrey Botha https://cpcchurchimages.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21121523/April-19-Sermon.mp3 Hebrews 4:14-16 Jesus the Great High Priest 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 10:19-25 A Call to Persevere in Faith 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Transcript (Transcribed by TurboScribe) As you saw, we’re starting a new series next week, Sun Prayer, a short series of four, looking really forward to that. And at the end of the service, I’m going to ask you after the benediction to sit, the song that you heard a little piece of this morning, it’s an AI song, and I heard this and it’s so beautiful. So I went to Carrie and I said, can we do this as the song for the whole series? She said, sure, but it has no music. And we can’t find any music for that. So our music team sat down and they produced that music and all of that to go with that. And they’re going to do that song for us this morning as our postlude. And I want you to hear that because with God’s grace, we’re going to sing that every week for four weeks after the sermon saying, Lord, I want to pray. When you hear me, I’m going to pray. When I think you don’t hear me, I’m going to pray. When times are good, I’m going to pray. When times are not good, I’m going to pray. Still, I will pray, is the name of the song. We’re going to do that. So thank you to the praise team for all the work that they put into that. It’s wonderful to have people that’ll just say, yeah, I’m going to do that. Bless you. Thank you for your word that guides us. Thank you for your word that feeds us. Thank you for the word that just paints this beautiful picture, Lord, of who you are. Help us in this morning again, that as we read and as we try and speak, that we may see Jesus, the love of Jesus. In your name we pray. Amen. Now, scripture reading this morning comes from the book of Hebrews, chapter four. We’re going to read verses 14 to 16, and then we’re going to go to chapter 10 and read verses 19 to 25. And I’m reading from the NIV today. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus, son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. And then we go to chapter 10. Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and a living way opened for us through the curtain that is his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water, let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together as some are in the habit, I think they missed the word there, bad habit of doing, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day approaching. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence to receive mercy and to find grace to help us in our time of need. Go underline that verse in your Bible and read it every day. It is one of the most beautiful promises that God makes, one of the most beautiful invitations that God gives in his word. Let us approach this throne of grace with confidence so that what can happen, we may receive mercy and find God’s grace to help us in our time of need. That word time of need in the Greek is one word. It’s a beautiful word. It’s the word eukairon. You’ve heard the word kairos before, the kairos documents. Remember it was a big deal at some state. The word kairos in Greek means a defining moment. Let’s go to God’s throne in all of the defining moments of our lives, those moments that will change our lives, those moments in which we stand before God saying, help me or God rejoice with me or be with me. But then it starts with the most beautiful word of all of those words. Let’s go to God’s throne of grace with confidence. Greek word and Central knows by now when I retire they will all be fluent in Greek and Hebrew. Greek word for confidence is the word paresia. Paresia means boldness, frankness, confidence. It comes, it’s a technical term that comes from the old Greek city states. Paresia meant that if you were a citizen and you had citizenship of that city state, you had the right to speak in the assembly and that right was called paresia. You could stand up and you could speak and if we put it in today’s words, you could make motions and you could vote on the motions as well because you had paresia, you had confidence. It was your right to do that. That’s the objective side but there’s a subjective side on this too. It only became your right in that moment when you stood up and you spoke and you used that. Can you hear the words? Since we have paresia, that’s what chapter 10 said, that’s why I took you there. Since we have verse 19, this confidence, then what should we do? Verse 22, let us then draw near to God. It’s given. We have the right. You’re citizens of God’s kingdom. You’re children of the most wonderful father in the whole wide world. The king of the universe is yours and he said here’s the right that I give you. Will you please use that and walk into my holy presence? Can we talk about that for a second? How we do that, when we do that, do we do that? But I want to start in the old testament and this is where I’m going to need you Alexander because I was told you do not touch that yoke. Jay will come and he will, I don’t know where Jay is sitting this morning, maybe he wouldn’t. He’s my doc. He would come give me a hard time because my back should not be lifting this. Come on up Alexander. You got to do the high lifting here. Don’t lift it up yet. You can just hold it kind of up straight if you can get it out there. But I take you to the book of Leviticus. I’m going to read one verse and I know you do not read one verse because there’s a context. So I’ll give you the context. Context comes from chapter 26. God brought them into the promised land and now God says to them because you’re obedient I’m going to reward you. I’ll make it rain. I’ll take care of your crops. I’ll give you cattle and I’ll give you sheep. If you keep the Sabbaths I will bless you in so much abundance because you are obedient. And then God says here’s the reason why I want to do this. I’m the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so that you can walk with your heads held high. I wanted to show you a yoke because most of you I don’t think have even seen a yoke. If you’re younger you don’t even know what that is. You think it’s a thing that comes in an egg. This is a yoke. This is one that you put on cattle. This was actually one that my wife’s father used on his farm with the cattle. They go on your neck and you can imagine if you put this thing on your neck. No don’t do that. You’re going to put that on your neck. This is what it does. Thank you Alexander. You can not put it on my neck. You can put it down. Thank you. I want you to just keep that image for a moment and see what God says. He says when you were in Egypt you were slaves. They did not necessarily bear a yoke like that but they bore the yoke of being slaves. You were not allowed to look up and look people in the eye. You had no rights. They bore the heavy burdens every day as they were building those two cities. They would carry that on their backs and your head is always down. You have no rights. You have nothing to say. God says when I brought you out, I took that yoke off your back. I took it off your neck so that you may walk with your head held high. We may approach the throne of grace with confidence, with our heads held high because the yoke and the burden of sin has been lifted off. We may walk into that room, that throne room of our heavenly Father and we may look our Father in the eye and say, Lord, I need you every moment of my life. I need you. You’re my one defence. You’re my righteousness. Oh, you may be bold and say, I can walk in there and I can say, Father, Father, can you just take my hand, please? It’s a little tough right now. I can’t do this alone. I need you to walk with me, not just a mile. I need a few more miles than that and maybe, Father, if you don’t mind, can you just carry me for a while? I can walk in there. Like Romans says, then the Holy Spirit can call out in me, Romans 8, Father, I love you and I know exactly that’s who you is because it is a throne of grace where I can find peace, mercy, and grace for my times of need. Why can I do that? Why can I do that? Verse 14, 15 gives the answer. He says, because we have a grand new high priest right there in heaven, not one who was distant from us on this earth because you looked at him and he was all gowned and robed and all kinds of stuff around him and he was holier than thou. We have a high priest in heaven who was just like us, who walked this earth with his own feet, who felt the hurt of his own people turning their backs on him, who felt his friends betray him, who would hear people yell crucify, who would know what it meant to have no house to sleep but always with a friend sleeping on the couch, who would know the burden of carrying the yoke of all I’ve ever seen, who would know the burden of being nailed to a cross and not having a moment that he could walk into that throne room because Father had to turn his back and close his ears when his son cried. My God, we have a high priest that understands us and when I walk into that throne room and I can bring myself, he gets it. He gets me in all of my goodness, in all of my struggles, in all of my needs, in my yukairon moments, my moments of need where I stand before you. I don’t know where you are in your life and maybe you’re full of joy. Here’s the cool thing, you can go right into that throne room and go spring jump and dance and sing with him because he wants to do that with you. Maybe you’re in the struggle time if I think of Lorna and I think of Alan Goberdan as they had to go down to New Jersey to go bury a brother and a mother. In that moment they could walk right in that throne room and Father God would understand and he would hold them to his heart because that high priest when they walked in there would say, Father, this is Lorna and Alan. Right now, Father, we need you so bad. You can go to him because you have paresia, confidence, bought in the blood of Jesus Christ. But here’s the coolest thing of all of this. If I take you back to the Old Testament again, remember in the Old Testament the high priest and only the high priest could go into the Holy of Holies. Remember the temple was built where they would sacrifice and then they had the holy place and then they had the most holy place and then the most holy place was behind this curtain and there was the Ark of the Covenant. Had Aaron’s staff and there it had the tablets that were broken and the new tablets and there it had the manna in there to remind them of what God did in the wilderness but also to remind God of how they rebelled against God was in there. On that was the cherubim that was the seat where God would sit and would look down on all of this. Once a year, Leviticus 16 on Yom Kippur, Yom in Hebrew day, Kippur, atonement. On the day of atonement the high priest could go behind that curtain. He alone, after he was cleansed and brought sacrifices for his own sin, could go in there with blood and he would sprinkle that blood on the Ark of the Covenant. The cover of the Ark of the Covenant is called Kippuret, Yom Kippuret, the atonement seat and he would make atonement for the sins of the people. It was such a holy place that he alone could go in once a year but if he did something wrong he would die because you were not supposed to see God. So they put a rope around his ankle that if he died in there they couldn’t go in. They could just pull him out. It is the cool thing about that, says Hebrews. There was a Friday there in the afternoon and on a Friday the world became really, really dark. There was a man on a cross and his name was Jesus. In that moment when he died and he took that burden upon himself, that curtain that stood between us and God, fell away. And in that moment through the blood of the Son, he opened a new path right into the throne of God. And you and I may walk right into that throne room. There is no more curtain. You can walk right up to your Father. And when I walk in there, Jesus stands there smiling and he says, Father, it’s Aubrey again. Boy, this guy can never stop. Gotta tell you about him a little bit, Father. He’s giving me a run for my money. He’s, he messes up so often. He’s with his face in the mud and I have to pick him up and I have to cleanse him again. But I know he loves us, Father God. So I walk with him. Boy, does he give the Holy Spirit, you know, because Holy Spirit that’s his job, isn’t it? To walk right beside and to help. Man, does the Holy Spirit have to walk with him all the time to keep him on the right path and to help him? So Father, I’m so glad that he’s here. And Father smiles when he sees me. And Father says, what can I do? And I can just open my heart and I can speak because here’s the thing. Despite the fact that I mess up so often, despite the fact that I hurt him so often because of the stuff that happens in my life, when I walk into that throne room, my Father does not do this. Sorry, I never point fingers at you, do you know that? Feels horrible. My Father never does that because that was taken care of that Friday on a cross. All of the judgement was taken care of. All of that slavery was taken care of. My Father tells me to lift up my head and look him in the eyes and see his face. Despite of who I am, but because of who he is and what he has given me. Because I am his child and I have been made free and I have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ. That same blood that this morning said to little Colby, little girl, here’s my sign and my seal. I’m washing you and you, little girl, can walk right into my throne room anytime you need me because I am your Father and you are my child. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Thinking, not a person yet. We are allowed to walk into the presence of our God with confidence to receive what? Mercy and grace. You know what grace is? God’s free gift. For it is by grace that we have been saved through our faith. That faith says Hebrews 10 that is washed in the blood of Jesus Christ and says come walk in. It’s kind of like this little boy that sat with me this morning this week. It was a tough week and one evening I was sitting reading and he came up to me and he said, hey Opa, can I sit on your lap for a little while? I said sure buddy boy. He jumped on my lap and he put his little head against my chest and I just held him. Didn’t say a word. He just sat. His ear was right on my heartbeat. I’m sure he heard me. Sat for about 3-4 minutes and looked up. He said, thank you Opa. I think I’m okay now. He got up and went and played. Since we have confidence, let us then draw near to God. You need to sit on his lap for a while. He’s okay with that. You need to cry with him a little bit. He’s okay with that. Bette Midler got it wrong. Remember she sang a song, God is watching us from a distance. Nah, not true. God opened his throne and he said, my son did this for you. Come on in. He’s not in the distance. He’s right with you. Everything is fine. It’s up to us to be the walking voice, to walk in with confidence and to receive the gifts that God has for us. May you walk with your head held high and not with one of those yearnings because it’s taken away. Walk, Opa. Let God speak. Amen. Take a few moments of silent prayer. Lord Jesus, thank you for going to the cross. Thank you for taking all of our sin, bearing that and then washing our sin with blood. It has fallen right so beautifully in Colossians and then when you did that there on the cross and you washed, you took it away forever and you never seem to do it again. Help us then not to make ourselves slaves again, but to walk freely. Thank you that every day we may ask that you will walk with us through your spirit. But Lord, on our own we can’t do this. Every moment, every hour of our lives, we need you. We need you to walk. We need you to talk. We need you to evolve us. Thank you for reminding us of who we are, the children of the most high and holy. You’re amazing and we love you with all that is in us. In this we pray in the amazing name of Jesus, our great High Priest. Amen.

Should we be reviving the Nazirite vow, a practice that is typically seen as "ancient," "outdated," or "antiquated?" Might it have liberatory potential for Judaism and the world? Xava De Cordova and Michael Sokolovsky of Xai, How are You? join Lex Rofeberg and Rena Yehuda Newman of Judaism Unbound for a crossover episode about Nazirite philosophy, rabbinic agendas, the Kol Nidrei declaration, and the metaphysical importance of vows! -----------------------------------Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming courses in the UnYeshiva, beginning in mid-late October. Amazing learning opportunities are available for registration exploring the book of Jubilees, Jewish Exile and Liberation, the Talmud, and Antisemitism Unbound! Financial aid is available via this link.-----------------------------------More about Xai, How are You?: Queer Jews Michael Sokolovsky and Rabbi Xava De Cordova play with the multi-millennial dialectic that is the Talmud. Join them as they throw drash, seek prophetic insight and uncover the rabbinic smuttiness inherent in the system. You can subscribe to Xai How are You via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any of your other favorite podcast apps, so go give them a listen! For a previous combo episode of Judaism Unbound and Xai How are You, see Episode 269: Shabbetai Zevi -- Permitting the Forbidden.

Elana Arian, a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and prayer leader, is one of the most important voices in contemporary Jewish music. So when she emailed Judaism Unbound with an entire vision for a mini-series of episodes exploring Jewish music, we of course paid attention! She joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about what the phrase "Jewish music" means, what sacred music does to/for us, and the extent to which there even is a real boundary between "Jewish music" and music more generally. This episode is the first in an ongoing mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes mobilizing Jewish music -- past, present, and future -- as a launching point into conversations about contemporary Jewish life and experience.Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming courses in the UnYeshiva. Amazing learning opportunities are available for registration exploring the book of Jubilees, Jewish Exile and Liberation, the Talmud, and Antisemitism Unbound! Financial aid is available via this link.Purchase Elana Arian's most recent album, If We Loved Like That, via this link. And access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

¿Qué hacer con esa inspiración acumulada post Yom Kipur? Nuestra Parashá nos da la Respuesta

Wednesday Oct. 1 2025, sundownEnding nightfall of Thursday Oct 2, 2025This morning we shall discuss the “Day of Atonement” or known as “Yom Kippur” [ Yom = the day, Kippur = ask for forgiveness].  Other words this is a special Feast in which you and I ask our Heavenly Father for all those sins which we may have overlooked throughout the past year.In recognition of Yahweh's Words, we are instructed to honor and respect His 7 Holy Feast periods. Check out Lev. 23 and Deut. 16. Now I realize that the conditions set forth by Yahweh differs from what He sets forth in the beginning. What caught my interest into these 7 Holy Feasts was the Prophetic Message contained within them. We find that within these 7, 4 are in the season of the spring, while the remaining 3 are in the fall or “harvest.  In studying the Prophecy aspect of Yahweh's Words, we realize and conclude that these 7 Holy Feasts play an important role in the Prophecy of Yahshua Messiah concerning the past and the present. Let's take a brief view of the first 4 Feasts:The Feast of Passover pointed to Yahshua's death on Calvary as “the Lamb of Yahweh, who taketh away the sin of the world”, John 1:29 The Feast of Unleavened Bread attested to the fact that Yahshua's body, unlike all others would not decay in the grave. The Son of Yahweh, in speaking with His Heavenly Father said, “for Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou permit Thine Holy One to see corruption” Psalms 16:10 The Feast of Firstfruits proclaimed the certainty of His bodily resurrection. The acceptance by Yahweh of the Firstfruits [sheaf] of the spring barley harvest guaranteed a full harvest to follow. By virtue of the resurrection of Yahshua Messiah, He is the Firstfruit and guarantees that all the Saints within Him will one day rise from the grave. The Feast of Pentecost, which occurs exactly 50 days after Firstfruits [the resurrection of the Messiah] anticipated the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the origin of the “Ek-kelsia”. We read in the Jewish Talmud, in the tractate of Sotah, foli #48 it reads in part “when Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi died, the Holy Spirit departed from Israel; nevertheless they made use of the Bath Kol.” [a divine voice from Heaven] These 4 events in the life of Yahshua Messiah, which the 4 spring feasts depicted, are history. We can look back at these events and they can be examined as historical facts. We can say that the first 4 set the foundation for the remaining 3. [As I think on this foundation, I think of the Tabernacle, which is to come, and when this Tabernacle comes, then all of His Elect come to dwell in the eternal] The fall Feasts have not yet occurred! They are yet future and predict with absolute certainty, events that will most assuredly unfold. As the 4 spring Feasts were fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with the Messiah's first coming, the 3 Fall Feasts will likewise be fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with His second coming. What about the future of the Day of Atonement? Read Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 9:6-14 As we read last week on that Feast of Trumpets. We find in Rev. 11 those 2 witnesses, when they rose after those 3 ½ days. In verse 15 we read of that 7th trumpet being blown. From the time of that trumpet sound until that final cup of wrath is poured out, we have that opportunity to make atonement for our sins that took place during the tribulation period. Especially those that followed after that false messiah, thinking he was that true Messiah. What a sad sight, as some flee to the mountains praying for the rocks to fall on them, instead of making atonement. Have any questions? Feel free to email me, keitner2024@outlook.com 

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this final Elul episode of 2025 (and 5785), Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the month (and the upcoming holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) through the prism of echoes -- the literal sounds they make, the metaphors they are used to illustrate, and more. This Elul podcast is the final in a mini-series of four that were released as part of Elul Unbound 2025 (our 26th-29th Elul episodes overall).To check out all our Elul bonus episodes from previous years, which can still be relevant to your experience of Elul this time around, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2025 (and future years) by signing up at this link, and sign up for our Elul Unbound Shabbat gatherings here, where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with fellow Unbounders.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Dopo la Guerra dei sei giorni e la morte di Nasser, i due eventi fondamentali di cui dobbiamo occuparci sono la guerra del Kippur e la nascita dell'OLP. Il Kippur rappresentò la rivincita egiziana dopo l'onta del precedente conflitto, anche se solo l'intervento degli Stati Uniti evitò un altro disastro; questo intervento, voluto da Kissinger, fruttò agli Stati Uniti la riconoscenza egiziana e, in ultima analisi, il trattato di pace tra Egitto ed Israele. Contemporaneamente nasce l'OLP, che, sotto la guida di Yasser Arafat, diviene il rappresentante ufficiale di tutti i palestinesi.

Tám tháng kể từ khi Donald Trump trở lại nắm quyền, cuộc xâm lăng Ukraina của Nga không có dấu hiệu chấm dứt bất chấp các vận động ngoại giao của tổng thống Mỹ, được quảng bá rầm rộ là có thể làm thay đổi lập trường của điện Kremlin. Vào lúc khả năng đạt được ngừng bắn tại Ukraina trở nên xa vời, châu Âu bị Nga lên án làm « thất bại » các nỗ lực hướng đến hòa bình. Phe cầm quyền tại Mỹ đòi hỏi châu Âu đóng góp nhiều hơn nữa trong hồ sơ Ukraina. Mỹ và Nga đổ dồn trách nhiệm lên châu Âu trong vấn đề chiến tranh Ukraina như thế nào ? Lối thoát nào với châu Âu trong tình thế nhiều phần bế tắc hiện nay ? *** Ngày 04/09/2025, hơn 30 quốc gia thuộc « Liên minh tình nguyện » bảo đảm an ninh cho Ukraina họp tại Paris và trực tuyến dưới sự chủ tọa của tổng thống Pháp và thủ tướng Anh. Sau hội nghị này, 26 quốc gia cam kết sẽ triển khai lực lượng tại Ukraina để bảo đảm an ninh một khi xung đột chấm dứt. « Liên minh tình nguyện » đã được gấp rút lập ra theo sáng kiến của Pháp và Anh, trong bối cảnh tân chính quyền Trump đe dọa đàm phán riêng rẽ với Nga về chiến tranh Ukraina, và để ngỏ khả năng không tuân thủ điều 5 của Hiến chương NATO, cam kết bảo vệ các đồng minh. « Lực lượng bảo đảm an ninh » cho Ukraina : « Chiếc vé » giúp châu Âu tham gia đàm phán ? Châu Âu lên tuyến đầu. Việc thành lập « Liên minh tình nguyện » giúp châu Âu khẳng định vị thế. Trả lời phỏng vấn đài France Info, hồi đầu tháng 5/2025, chuyên gia Jean de Gliniasty, cựu đại sứ Pháp tại Nga, giám đốc nghiên cứu Viện Quan hệ Quốc tế Pháp (IFRI), nhận định : Liên minh tình nguyện từng được coi như một « chiếc vé » vào cửa, cho phép Châu Âu có chỗ tại bàn đàm phán về giải pháp chấm dứt chiến tranh. Tuy nhiên, đây là một chiếc vé bấp bênh bởi phụ thuộc hoàn toàn vào thái độ của Mỹ: « Vậy là ở đây chúng ta từng có một thứ như kiểu vé vào cửa. Ông Trump đã từng nói châu Âu ‘‘bất tài'' và ‘‘không có vé vào cửa'', không có chỗ ngồi ở bàn đàm phán. Mà cái vé vào cửa mà chúng ta có thể có, đó chính là mang lại ‘‘các bảo đảm an ninh''. Bởi vì chính Mỹ cũng đã nói họ sẽ không đưa một binh sĩ nào đến để bảo vệ Ukraina, và việc đảm bảo an ninh phải do chính người châu Âu lo liệu. Chính vì thế mà châu Âu đã thực thi một chút nghĩa vụ của mình. Hiện có 30 quốc gia châu Âu sẵn sàng đưa quân đến để đảm bảo an ninh cho Ukraina. Nhưng Nga cho rằng những ‘‘bảo đảm an ninh'' do Pháp và châu Âu đưa ra thực chất là với tư cách đồng minh của Ukraina, và như vậy là thù địch với Nga. Vì thế, họ không muốn. Thực ra chúng ta đang rơi vào bế tắc, và hiện tại chúng ta đã không còn ‘‘vé vào cửa'' bàn đàm phán nữa ». Bốn tháng sau, vào thời điểm Liên minh tình nguyện được khẳng định mạnh mẽ hơn với cuộc họp tại Paris hôm 4/9, vẫn chuyên gia Jean de Gliniasty ghi nhận : « chiếc vé » vào bàn đàm phán của châu Âu vẫn « tạm thời bị đình chỉ », để chờ đợi các kết quả thương lượng giữa Mỹ và Nga. Vị thế « chiếu dưới » của châu Âu và cuộc phản công ngoại giao của Nga « hậu thượng đỉnh Alaska » Xin nhắc lại là ít tháng trước khi chiến tranh Ukraina bùng nổ, trong bối cảnh Nga liên tục khẳng định muốn thương thuyết lại với phương Tây về việc khối NATO mở rộng về phía đông, và việc triển khai các hệ thống vũ khí tối tân tại nhiều nước láng giềng với Nga, các nước châu Âu đã gần như không có tiếng nói gì trong hồ sơ này. Chiến tranh bùng nổ, châu Âu bừng tỉnh, nỗ lực ban hành các biện pháp trừng phạt Nga, cùng với Mỹ, hậu thuẫn Ukraina về quân sự và nhiều mặt. Tuy nhiên, về các đàm phán chấm dứt chiến tranh, nhìn chung châu Âu không có tiếng nói. Nói một cách khác, châu Âu vốn phụ thuộc nặng nề vào Mỹ về mặt đảm bảo an ninh cho chính châu Âu, nên luôn ở vị thế chiếu dưới, khó có thể nào có được một vị trí đáng kể trong các thương lượng về viễn cảnh chấm dứt chiến tranh Ukraina kể từ khi chiến tranh bùng nổ. Không những thế, sau cuộc thượng đỉnh Trump – Putin tại Alaska, Mỹ, ngày 15/08/2025, chế độ Putin thoát khỏi thế cô lập tương đối về ngoại giao, đã tranh thủ cơ hội để phản công châu Âu. Nga đổ lỗi cho châu Âu về bất kỳ thất bại nào trong các đàm phán tương lai, cáo buộc châu Âu trở thành « trở ngại chính » do thúc đẩy đối đầu về ý thức hệ, trong lúc Trump và Putin nỗ lực tìm kiếm một thỏa thuận. Nhật báo thân điện Kremlin Izvestia mỉa mai « Bruxelles và Kiev đang thành trở ngại chính cho hòa bình ». Một nguồn tin gần gũi với điện Kremlin tung ra quan điểm « lần đầu tiên, có một cơ hội thực sự để bắt đầu đàm phán với Ukraina và châu Âu về tất cả các vấn đề cần giải quyết để chấm dứt chiến tranh, thế nhưng giờ đây xuất hiện một vấn đề nan giải thực sự đối với châu Âu, đang mắc kẹt trong ngõ cụt về tư tưởng. Đó là họ đang bảo vệ những nguyên tắc trừu tượng trong khi hàng trăm nghìn người đã bỏ mạng trong chiến tranh. Cuộc chiến mà Kiev đã thua trên thực tế cần phải được chấm dứt, chứ không phải cứ tiếp tục cho đến khi Ukraina bị hủy diệt hoàn toàn ». Tổng thống Nga « hy vọng châu Âu sẽ không cố gắng phá hoại tiến trình này bằng những hành động khiêu khích hoặc những âm mưu trong hậu trường ». Người phát ngôn của bộ Ngoại Giao Nga Maria Zakharova mỉa mai : « Tinh thần đồng đội của ‘‘liên minh'' Starmer-Macron-Merz-Rutte-von der Leyen (tức các lãnh đạo Anh, Pháp, Đức, NATO và Ủy Ban Châu Âu), vẫn tỏ ra hung hăng trong cuộc đối đầu với Nga, Ukraina đã bị họ biến thành một con tin đắt giá ». Trump mềm mỏng với Nga, điện Kremlin không khoan nhượng: Châu Âu kẹt giữa hai làn đạn Chính sách của tổng thống Mỹ thúc đẩy đàm phán ngoại giao với Nga từng được coi là mang lại hy vọng cho việc chấm dứt chiến tranh Ukraina trong thời gian ông Trump mới lên cầm quyền, như ghi nhận của cựu đại sứ Jean de Gliniasty : « Chúng ta đang ở thời điểm giữa chừng của một cuộc vận động ngoại giao kiểu truyền thống, tức là ngoại giao “từng bước nhỏ”, giống như những gì chúng ta đã chứng kiến sau cuộc Chiến tranh Kippur tháng 10/1973 (liên quân Ai Cập và Syria tấn công Israel), khi ngoại trưởng Mỹ Kissinger đã phải đi đi lại lại khoảng 15 lần giữa Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem và Cairo, đi qua đi lại giữa các bên, và mỗi lần như vậy đều mang về những tiến bộ rất nhỏ, nhưng cuối cùng thì đã thành công. Và thực ra, người Mỹ cũng rất giỏi trong việc này, đó là một truyền thống ngoại giao của họ. Vì vậy, chúng ta đang trong một tiến trình ngoại giao “tàu con thoi” và “từng bước nhỏ”, và tôi cho rằng chúng ta có thể hy vọng rằng cuối cùng nỗ lực này sẽ đạt được kết quả. »  Cựu đại sứ Pháp Pierre Vimont, nguyên tổng thư ký điều hành của cơ quan đối ngoại Liên Âu (2010-2015), tức nhân vật số hai của ngành ngoại giao Liên Âu, đã sớm cảnh báo về nguy cơ các nước châu Âu bị kẹt giữa hai làn đạn của Mỹ và của Nga, trong bối cảnh tổng thống Donald Trump rất có thể  sẽ có nhiều nhân nhượng với Matxcơva : « Điều gây phiền toái hơn cho tất cả chúng ta, những người châu Âu, là liệu Trump có nhượng bộ thêm Putin để đạt được một thỏa thuận ngừng bắn quan trọng hơn hay không. Như quý vị biết, hầu hết những yêu cầu mà Putin đưa ra đều rất khó có thể dung hòa với quan điểm và lợi ích của châu Âu. Ví dụ như Ukraina trung lập và phi quân sự hóa, Ukraina không được gia nhập NATO, hay không có sự hiện diện của quân đội châu Âu tại Ukraina, châu Âu không tiếp tục viện trợ quân sự cho Ukraina, v.v. Vì vậy, chúng ta đang ở trong một tình thế mà nếu ông Trump nhượng bộ cho tổng thống Nga một hoặc một số yêu cầu nào đó, thì chúng ta — những người châu Âu — sẽ lâm vào thế khó. Chúng ta sẽ phải nói rằng chúng ta không đồng ý và không chấp nhận những đề xuất này, và như vậy, chúng ta sẽ bị coi là bên cản trở tiến trình đạt được thỏa thuận ngừng bắn, mở ra viễn cảnh giải quyết xung đột. » Trên đây là trích đoạn bài « L'Europe au défi de la nouvelle administration Trump / Châu Âu trước thách thức của chính quyền Trump », chương trình phỏng vấn chuyên gia của Viện Quan hệ Quốc tế Pháp IFRI, trong mục « Thế giới theo IFRI », tháng 5/2025. Ukraina: Tâm điểm cạnh tranh toàn cầu thời « hậu Chiến tranh Lạnh » Cuộc chiến Nga xâm lược Ukraina không đơn giản là cuộc chiến tranh của một quốc gia này chống lại một quốc gia khác. Cuộc chiến với những cội nguồn phức tạp này là kết tinh của những tranh chấp mang tính toàn cầu của thế giới thời kỳ hậu chiến tranh Lạnh. Vấn đề Ukraina, đế chế Nga, và lục địa Á – Âu (Eurasie) được nêu bật trong tác phẩm « Bàn Cờ Đại Chiến lược toàn cầu : Quyền lực tối thượng của nước Mỹ và những mệnh lệnh địa chiến lược đi kèm » (The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives) (xuất bản năm 1997), của chiến lược gia Mỹ Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017), người gốc Ba Lan, cố vấn an ninh quốc gia thời tổng thống Jimmy Carter. Ukraina là một quân cờ căn bản của « Bàn cờ đại chiến lược toàn cầu ». Chiến lược gia người Mỹ được gợi cảm hứng từ nhà địa-chính trị người Anh đầu thế kỉ 20 Halford J. Mackinder, với tư tưởng : Ai kiểm soát được khu vực Đông Âu sẽ thống trị vùng trung tâm (hearthland), ai cai trị vùng trung tâm sẽ thống trị lục địa Á-Âu, ai cai trị lục địa Á-Âu thì sẽ thống trị thế giới. Trong tác phẩm Bàn Cờ Đại Chiến lược toàn cầu, chiến lược gia Mỹ dự đoán : « Việc NATO không thể mở rộng bất chấp những nỗ lực của Mỹ có thể khơi dậy những tham vọng lớn nhất của Nga ». Tổng thống Nga và các cộng sự thường xuyên cáo buộc : Mỹ nỗ lực tách Nga khỏi các quốc gia bao quanh Nga từng tạo nên Liên Xô trước đây (bài « Ce livre qui a inspiré Poutine / Cuốn sách mang lại nhiều tưởng cho Putin » Le Point). Trên thực tế, chế độ Putin cũng đã coi Ukraina là một thành tố không thể thiếu của một nước Nga hùng mạnh. Cuộc tấn công Ukraina diễn ra sau khi Matxcơva hoàn tất lý thuyết về một « thế giới Nga », bao gồm Ukraina. « Thế giới Nga » (Rousski Mir), không bị giới hạn trong biên giới quốc gia của nước Nga, được nhiều nhà quan sát xem như là một nỗ lực khôi phục đế chế Nga của chính quyền Putin. Đọc thêm : Chính Thống Giáo Nga và "Thế giới Nga" Để thoát cái bóng của Mỹ: Châu Âu cần đối thoại với Nga, xây dựng lập trường chung với Ukraina…. Đối mặt với các tham vọng địa chính trị nói trên của Nga trong bối cảnh thế đối đầu giữa phương Tây và Nga đang trở nên căng thẳng hơn bao giờ hết kể từ khi Liên Xô tan rã, các nước châu Âu khó lòng thoát khỏi thế mắc kẹt « giữa hai làn đạn », giữa một bên là Mỹ, bên kia là Nga. Về mặt quân sự, để thoát khỏi vị thế chiếu dưới, về lâu dài châu Âu cần tăng cường tự chủ về quốc phòng. Theo giới chuyên gia, việc Pháp và Anh thúc đẩy mở rộng hợp tác « răn đe hạt nhân » có thể mang lại một lá bài quan trọng cho châu Âu trong quan hệ với Nga. Tuy nhiên, về mặt ngoại giao, để thoát khỏi cái bóng của Mỹ, châu Âu phải khắc phục được hai « sai lầm về chiến lược », theo giám đốc nghiên cứu Viện Quan hệ Quốc tế Pháp (IFRI), cựu đại sứ Jean de Gliniasty. Đó là việc không có các đối thoại với Nga, và không có các hợp tác về chiến lược với Ukraina (trong bài « Guerre en Ukraine : ‘‘Une nouvelle structure de paix et de sécurité est fondamentale'' - Chiến tranh Ukraina : ‘‘Một kiến trúc hòa bình và an ninh mới là điều căn bản - nhật báo Pháp L'Humanité đăng tải tháng 3/2025). Đọc thêm - Nửa thế kỷ ''Hiệp định Helsinki'': Chiến tranh Ukraina xóa sổ "Kiến trúc an ninh châu Âu" Tạp chí Tiêu điểm thời sự xin khép lại với nhận định của nhà ngoại giao Pháp Pierre Vimont : « Làm thế nào để châu Âu có thể trở lại cuộc chơi?... Làm thế nào để tiếp tục tiến tới một giải pháp hòa bình ở Ukraina, một nền hòa bình bền vững, công bằng và toàn diện? Tôi nghĩ rằng đây chính là lúc châu Âu cần đóng vai trò của mình, bởi vì ngày càng rõ ràng là về cơ bản, chính quyền Trump không có nhiều ý tưởng về một chiến lược dài hạn cho một nền hòa bình bền vững ở Ukraina. Đây chính là lúc mà châu Âu chắc chắn có những điều để đóng góp, để làm việc cùng nhau. Châu Âu cần cố gắng đưa ra được các tham số riêng của mình về tất cả những vấn đề đã được đề cập trước đây, như Ukraina gia nhập NATO hay Ukraina trung lập, Ukraina ‘‘phi quân sự hóa'' hay ‘‘không phi quân sự hóa'', các bảo đảm an ninh cho Ukraina trong tương lai… Tất cả những câu hỏi đó, về cơ bản, châu Âu trước đây đã không muốn tự đặt ra. Chúng ta đã từng đẩy trách nhiệm cho người Ukraina, cho rằng đó là quyết định riêng của họ. Đúng, đó là quyết định của Ukraina, nhưng chúng ta cũng có lợi ích trong vấn đề này, và vì vậy chúng ta cần thảo luận với người Ukraina. Chúng ta cần phải phối hợp với họ xác định một đường lối chung. » 

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this episode, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the notion of chiasm (for "what is a 'chiasm' -- which is a great question -- click here), along with what it has to do with the month of Elul and the broader 7-year Shmita cycle. This Elul podcast is the third in a mini-series of four that are being released as part of Elul Unbound 2025 (our 26th-29th Elul episodes overall).--------------------------------------To check out all our Elul bonus episodes from previous years, which can still be relevant to your experience of Elul this time around, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2025 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our Elul Unbound Shabbat gatherings here, where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with fellow Unbounders.If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this episode, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the 13 attributes of mercy, traditionally associated with Elul and the High Holidays. This Elul podcast is the second in a mini-series of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2025 (our 26th-29th Elul episodes overall).--------------------------------------To check out all our Elul bonus episodes from previous years, which can still be relevant to your experience of Elul this time around, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2025 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our Elul Unbound Shabbat gatherings here, where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with fellow Unbounders.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this conversation, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash kick off this year's Elul Unbound experience. This Elul bonus episode is the first in a series of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2025 (our 26th-29th Elul episodes overall).--------------------------------------Energized about Jewish learning and unlearning? Dive into our upcoming 3-week mini-courses in the UnYeshiva! Classes include Elul: Your On-Ramp into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Anti-Fascist Mussar, The Siddur (Prayer-Book) Unbound, and Comix Midrash: Drawing the Orchards (Pardes) of Elul. Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to learn more! Financial aid is available for all who need it.To check out all our Elul bonus episodes from previous years, which can still be relevant to your experience of Elul this time around, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2025 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our Elul Unbound Shabbat gatherings here, where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with fellow Unbounders.

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this conversation, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash kick off this year's Elul Unbound experience. This Elul bonus episode is the first in a series of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2025 (our 26th-29th Elul episodes overall).--------------------------------------Energized about Jewish learning and unlearning? Dive into our upcoming 3-week mini-courses in the UnYeshiva! Classes include Elul: Your On-Ramp into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Anti-Fascist Mussar, The Siddur (Prayer-Book) Unbound, and Comix Midrash: Drawing the Orchards (Pardes) of Elul. Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to learn more! Financial aid is available for all who need it.To check out all our Elul bonus episodes from previous years, which can still be relevant to your experience of Elul this time around, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2025 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our Elul Unbound Shabbat gatherings here, where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with fellow Unbounders.

For Mandie McGlynn, founder of Selah Spiritual Care, tarot can serve as a deeply meaningful modality for Jewish experience. McGlynn joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg on this week's episode to discuss her use of tarot as part of the preparatory work of the month of Elul (the on-ramp month before the High Holidays), through an initiative she created called “Turning Toward Life.” This episode is the second in a mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes exploring tarot through Jewish lenses.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Acquista il mio nuovo libro, “Anche Socrate qualche dubbio ce l'aveva”: https://amzn.to/3wPZfmCGli anni '70 e '80 per quanto riguarda la questione israelo-palestinese, tra attentati, guerre e tentativi di pacificazione.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dentro-alla-storia--4778249/support.

La guerra del Kippur del 1973 fu un grande conflitto arabo-israeliano. La guerra del Kippur portò alla svolta degli Accordi di Camp David.

Francesco Battistini"Jerusalem Suite"Un hotel in prima linea tra Israele e PalestinaNeri Pozza Editorewww.neripozza.it«Il Signore Iddio divise tutta la bellezza in dieci parti: ne consegnò nove a Gerusalemme e una al resto del mondo. Poi divise anche il dolore in dieci parti e di nuovo ne assegnò nove a Gerusalemme e una al resto del mondo».Talmud di Gerusalemme, Kiddushin 49bC'è un luogo, l'American Colony di Gerusalemme, che è sempre stato sulla prima linea del conflitto arabo-israeliano. Non è solo un albergo storico e di fascino. Nato quasi 150 anni fa nella vecchia casa di un effendi, culla d'una piccola colonia di presbiteriani americani, il Colony, sul limite fra l'Est e l'Ovest, ha sempre cercato d'essere un luogo di neutralità, di dialogo, d'incontro fra cristiani, ebrei, musulmani. Il libro è la storia di questo albergo. Raccontato attraverso i suoi personaggi, le sue stanze, gli eventi che l'hanno abitato. Fu un lenzuolo del Colony, usato come bandiera bianca, a sancire la fine della dominazione ottomana. Qui venivano Lawrence d'Arabia a rifugiarsi e Churchill a ridisegnare il Medio Oriente, Selma Lagerlöf a scrivere il suo romanzo da Nobel e Mark Twain a riposarsi. Nel 1948 da questi tetti si sparavano la Legione Araba e la Banda Stern. Durante le guerre dei Sei giorni e del Kippur in questa reception bivaccavano i giornalisti di tutto il mondo. In questi giardini giocava un piccolo Rudolf Hess, futura anima nera della Shoah, e nella camera 16 ci furono le prime trattative per gli accordi di Oslo. Qui alloggiava Tony Blair quand'era inviato per la Cisgiordania e Gaza e qui passava John Kerry, dopo gli incontri con Netanyahu. Il Colony è ancora oggi una piccola Palestina nella Gerusalemme occupata, dove molti leader palestinesi non mettono piede, e insieme un pezzo d'Israele che pochi politici israeliani frequentano. Una terra di nessuno e di tutti. Plato Ustinov vi piantò due palme della pace più volte incendiate e poi ripiantate dal nipote Peter. Durante le intifade, il Colony era una fortezza sicura: un rigido statuto fissa le quote “etniche” dei camerieri che vi possono lavorare, e per questo nessuno l'ha mai attaccato.Francesco Battistini è inviato speciale al Corriere della Sera, dopo aver lavorato al Giornale di Indro Montanelli e alla Voce. Ha seguito i Balcani dalla Bosnia in poi. Già corrispondente da Gerusalemme, si occupa prevalentemente di Europa dell'Est, Medio Oriente e Nord Africa. Ha coperto una dozzina di conflitti dall'Afghanistan all'Iraq. Coautore di Che cosa è l'Isis (Fondazione Corriere della Sera).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Before Jesus came for us, people had to make constant sacrificial offerings as atonement for their sins. But even with those sacrifices, the guilt of their sin never went away. Jesus' death on the cross not only paid for our sins -- it removed them from us so that we could be cleared of guilt forever.

The Old Testament people had to make continual sacrifices for their sins, but the guilt of their sin never went away. When Jesus came and died on the cross, His sacrifice was the final sacrifice needed to not only offer us forgiveness but to clear us of the guilt that our sin brings forever. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29

The Old Testament people had to make continual sacrifices for their sins, but the guilt of their sin never went away. When Jesus came and died on the cross, His sacrifice was the final sacrifice needed to not only offer us forgiveness but to clear us of the guilt that our sin brings forever. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29

Jason gives you a quick overview of Fall of the Assad Regime, Part 3.Read the essay here: https://historywiththeszilagyis.org/hwts267   Find us on Twitter:The Network: @BQNPodcasts The Show: @HistorySzilagyi. Chrissie: @TheGoddessLivia.  Jason: @JasonDarkElf.Send topic suggestions via Twitter or on our Facebook page History with the Szilagyis.History with the Szilagyis is supported by our patrons: PatiSusan Capuzzi-De ClerckLaura DullKris HillVince LockeJoin these wonderful supporters by visiting patreon.com/historywiththeszilagyis. The BQN Podcast Collective is brought to you by our listeners. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help to produce this podcast and the many others on our network! You can join this illustrious list by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/BQN

Heshvan is the month that comes after Tishri -- the month containing Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and multiple other Jewish holidays. It (Heshvan) is often framed as "a month with no Jewish holidays." The problem? It is not a month with no Jewish holidays! In this episode, Lex, Miriam, and Rena Yehuda (members of Judaism Unbound's staff team) dive into multiple Jewish holidays that have taken place in the past -- and continue to take place today -- during the month of Heshvan. They also ask some big questions about how we might reconceptualize the role of Heshvan entirely!Register for the next gathering of Shabbat Unbound on November 22nd via this link! If you're listening after 11/22, you can register for our December edition of Shabbat Unbound (a 12-month-long Shabbat service), via this link.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! 

Happy Sukkot! Chag Sameach! The 7-day-long festival of Sukkot is here, and Dan and Lex welcome Joseph Altshuler and Ethan Blake — both founders of local Sukkah festivals celebrating creative design and architecture — to explore what this festival can teach us.Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our upcoming 8-week courses in the UnYeshiva! Explore Jewish communities around the world, gender in Judaism, Maimonides's (Rambam's) theology, fierce women in Torah, and more!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

As I record this episode, it is the day of Yom Kippur. the Day of Atonement, or the Day of Covering. The literal meaning of Kippur is "the hand the covers the mouth of the accuser." We all know who the accuser is - hasatan. He is ever in our face accusing us of our shortcomings, even when we have already dealt with them with our Heavenly Father. This day is a day to "afflict" ourselves as it says in Leviticus 23. There are different ways to afflict ourselves and Isaiah 58 gives us some clarity on that issue. These different feasts that come around through the year, every year, serve to remind us of what our Heavenly Father has done for us, is doing for us currently, and is preparing to do for us in the future. That's why they are called the Feasts of the Lord. He set them up so that we will be constantly reminded of how intricately He is involved in our lives. He is the Living Elohim. The music in this video comes from the album "Living Water" as well as the video by the same name on this channel. Blessings. Produced by Steve Rees - Calming Harp For donations to our projects click: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XSTKYU9744WN2 Mail checks or Money Orders to: Steve Rees - 160-A Inland Beach Rd. - Lucedale, MS 39452 If you like what you hear please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peregrinnatti To find us on social media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/peregrinnatti Calming Harp Page: https://www.facebook.com/Calming-Harp… If you would like to write a testimony of how this music has helped you email me at: steve@calmingharp.com To purchase CDs and MP3s go to our website: https://calmingharp.com/ To donate to the ministry of the Calming Harp: https://calmingharp.com/marketplace Steve Rees has been producing Harp Music from the Psalms of David for the past 20 years. He has discovered a connection between the Hebrew text of the Psalms and music notes that develop into chord progressions that form the basis for musical compositions that have been appreciated by thousands of followers. We invite you to join the many lives that have been positively affected by this wonderful music.

Yom Kippur is here! For the past two years, Yom Kippur is often the single most popular day — all year — for folks to listen to Judaism Unbound. To those of you incorporating our podcast into your observance of this holiday, wishing you a beautiful and unbound Yom Kippur. In this episode, Rachel Cohen — policy correspondent for Vox Media — joins Dan and Lex for a conversation connecting Yom Kippur to an article (a VERY Jewish article) she wrote recently, entitled “Why I Changed my Mind About Volunteering.”Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming 8-week courses in the UnYeshiva! Explore Jewish communities around the world, fierce women in Torah, Maimonides's (Rambam's) theology, and more!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Latest episode of the podcast. Please consider sponsoring a class online in someone's merit, memory or refuah shelemah. You can donate here in the app or send us an email at info@ejsny.org with the dedication you want to make. Thanks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rabbifarhi/support

It is customary for men to immerse in the Mikveh on Ereb Yom Kippur. This is especially important for the Hazanim who will be leading the prayer services on Yom Kippur, so they can represent the congregation in a state of purity. The work of responsa Min Ha'shamayim (Rabbi Yaakov of Marvege, France, 13th century) mentions that if all Hazanim ensured to immerse in a Mikveh before leading the congregation in Tefila, this would hasten the arrival of Mashiah. No Beracha is recited over this immersion, as this practice is observed as a custom, and not as a strict Halachic requirement. If one is unable to immerse in a Mikveh on Ereb Yom Kippur, he can observe this custom by having 9 Kabin – or 12.5 liters – of water poured on him. The Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909) writes that somebody else should pour the water over the person. This quantity of water should be placed into buckets, and just before each bucket is emptied over the person, the next bucket should begin to be poured. The Ben Ish Hai also mentions another option, which is to wash a special Netilat Yadayim forty times with special Kavanot (intentions). Nowadays, when we have showers in the homes, it suffices to stand under the shower until 12.5 liters of waters falls over the body, if one is unable to immerse in a Mikveh. Strictly speaking, one is not required to remove Hasisot ("obstructions") from his body before this immersion, since, as mentioned, this practice is observed only as a custom, and not as an outright Halachic requirement. This is the ruling of Hacham Ovadia Yosef. Nevertheless, given the importance of entering Yom Kippur in a state of purity, it is proper to remove any rings or other objects from the body, and to cut one's fingernails, before immersing. Some have the custom of reciting Vidui (confession) while in the Mikveh. Of course, one must ensure not to utter God's Name in the Mikveh, but it is permissible to make the Vidui declaration without mentioning God's Name while in the Mikveh. The Kavanot that one should have while immersing in the Mikveh on Ereb Yom Kippur are the same as one should have before immersing on Ereb Rosh Hashanah. Namely, the first immersion serves to bring on general purity, and the second is to correct the negative trait of anger. (The Hebrew word "Ka'as" – "anger" –has the numerical value of 150, and when we add to that sum the word itself, we arrive at 151, which is the numerical value of the word "Mikveh.") The third time one immerses in the water, he should have in mind to "sweeten" the harsh judgments through the attribute of divine kindness, and the fourth immersion should be done for the purpose of removing the weekday "garments" from the soul. Finally, the fifth immersion serves to bring on the special spiritual light of Yom Kippur. Only married ladies that are pure can dip in mikveh Ereb Kippur. All others like single girls or ladies that are not pure should not dip ereb Kippur. This is from Ner Sion page 118. It is proper to immerse on Ereb Yom Kippur even if one had immersed on Ereb Rosh Hashanah and had not become Tameh (ritually impure) in the interim. One should wear fine garments on Yom Kippur. The Gemara (Shabbat 119) infers this requirement from the verse, "Li'kdosh Hashem Mechubad" ("[you should regard] the holy one of God with respect" – Yeshayahu 58:13). "Kedosh Hashem" refers to Yom Kippur, the day that is sacred before God, and we are enjoined to treat it with respect by wearing fine clothing. The Be'sel Ha'hochma (Rav Betzalel Stern, 1911-1989) ruled that one should not wear on Yom Kippur a white garment with gold embroidery. White symbolizes purity of sin, and gold brings to mind the sin of the golden calf and thus represents sin. It is therefore inappropriate to wear them together. It is permissible to wear gold jewelry – such as rings and watches – on Yom Kippur. However, the Mishna Berura (Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan of Radin, 1839-1933) writes that one should wear on Yom Kippur only jewelry that one normally wears during the week, but not special jewelry that is generally reserved for Shabbat. Even though no meals are eaten on Yom Kippur, one should place a nice, white tablecloth on his tables in preparation for Yom Kippur in honor of the Yom Tob, just as is normally done for Shabbat. The tablecloths should be left on the tables throughout Yom Kippur. The Ma'amar Mordechai writes that it is proper to adorn the tables in one's home for Yom Kippur by placing Torah books on them. This is mentioned by the Ben Ish Hai, as well, and Rav Haim Palachi (Turkey, 1788-1869) writes that this is a proper practice to observe. One should clean the home for Yom Kippur just as one does for Shabbat, because Yom Kippur is called "Shabbat Shabbaton" and should thus be treated with honor just like Shabbat.

Yom Kippur

A New Year and the Mercies of Kippur

Friday October 11 2024, sundown Ending nightfall of Saturday October 12, 2024Last Wednesday October 2 to Friday October 4 2024 was the Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah or the Blowing of the Trumpets!This morning we shall discuss the “Day of Atonement” or known as “Yom Kippur” [ Yom = the day, Kippur = ask for forgiveness].  Other words this is a special Feast in which you and I ask our Heavenly Father for all those sins which we may have over looked throughout the past year.In recognition of Yahweh's Words, we are instructed to honor and respect His 7 Holy Feast periods. Now I realize that the conditions set forth by Yahweh differs from what He sets forth in the beginning. What caught my interest into these 7 Holy Feasts was the Prophetic Message contained within them.We find that within these, 4 are in the season of the spring, while the remaining 3 are in the fall or “harvest. In studying the Prophecy aspect of Yahweh's Words, we realize and conclude that these Holy Feasts play an important role in the Prophecy of Yahshua Messiah concerning the past and the present. Let's take a brief view of the first 4 FeastsThe Feast of Passover pointed to Yahshua's death on Calvary as “the Lamb of Yahweh, who taketh away the sin of the world”, John 1:29The Feast of Unleavened Bread attested to the fact that Yahshua's body, unlike all others would not decay in the grave. The Feast of Firstfruits proclaimed the certainty of His bodily resurrection. The acceptance by Yahweh of the Firstfruits [sheaf] of the spring barley harvest guaranteed a full harvest to follow. By virtue of the resurrection of Yahshua Messiah, He is the Firstfruit and guarantees that all the Saints within Him will one day rise from the grave.The Feast of Pentecost, which occurs exactly 50 days after Firstfruits [the resurrection of the Messiah] anticipated the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the origin of the “Ek-kelsia”. We read in the Jewish Talmud, in the tractate of Sotah, foli #48 it reads in part “when Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi died, the Holy Spirit departed from Israel” These 4 events in the life of Yahshua Messiah, which the 4 spring feasts depicted, are history. We can look back at these events and they can be examined as historical facts. We can say that the first 4 set the foundation for the remaining 3. As I think on this foundation, I think of the Tabernacle, which is to come, and when this Tabernacle comes, then all of His Elect come to dwell in the eternalThe fall Feasts have not yet occurred! They are yet future and predict with absolute certainty, events that will most assuredly unfold. As the 4 spring Feasts were fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with the Messiah's first coming, the 3 Fall Feasts will likewise be fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with His second coming.What about the future of the Day of Atonement?Let's keep in mind, that the Levitical Sacrifices were a shadow of the good things that are coming.Read Hebrews 10:11   Those laws of the Old Covenant could never remove sin! Even the scapegoats figuratively removed sin from the house of Israel only for a year.Hebrews 9:6-146  this would be the services of the High Priest under that first Covenant going into the front part of the Temple.7  second = that's to say, into the “Holy of Holies”8   signifying = “deloo” to make clearway = literally “the way of the Holy” made manifest = “phaneroo” to render apparent. This word is taken from the Greek word “fan-er-os”, meaning shinning. The Greek word “fan-er-os” is taken from another Greek word, “fah-ee-no” which means “to lighten” or “shine”. This Greek word, “fah-ee-no” is taken from the Greek base word, “foce”, which mean to shine or make manifest.Have any questions? Feel free to email me keitner2024@outlook.com 

In this episode we look at the Day Of Atonement

Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Jewish priestess), ritual designer, community-weaver, and founder of Kesher Pittsburgh joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. How might we more effectively orient to the notion of teshuva (often translated “repentance” or “return”) over these 10 days? Could floating in kayaks have something to do with how we might re-invent these High Holidays? This episode is the third in a Judaism Unbound mini-series, helping listeners prepare for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming 8-week courses in the UnYeshiva! Explore Jewish communities around the world, fierce women in Torah, Maimonides's (Rambam's) theology, and more!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this conversation, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash think not only about our entry into the new year (Rosh Hashanah) -- but toward the holiday of Yom Kippur that follows shortly afterward.This Elul bonus episode is the fourth and final bonus episode that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2024 (our 22nd-25th Elul episodes overall). Check out Elul Unbound by visiting www.judaismunbound.com/elul.To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past six years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2024 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our first Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering of 2024 (Friday, September 6th), where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this third bonus episode of Elul Unbound, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore what it means for the observance of Elul to be "God-optional."This Elul bonus episode is the third of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2024 (our 22nd-25th Elul episodes overall). Check out Elul Unbound by visiting www.judaismunbound.com/elul.To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past six years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2024 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our first Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering of 2024 (Friday, September 6th), where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Jericho Vincent, founder and rabbi of Temple of the Stranger — a mystical community based in Brooklyn, NY — is leading a ritual entitled The Unbinding of Isaac: a provocative, experimental, controversial, and immersive theatrical Rosh HaShanah experience. They join Dan and Lex for a conversation about this wild new ritual, and for a broader exploration of what it means to experiment with the treasures of Jewish tradition. This episode is the second in a Judaism Unbound mini-series, helping listeners prepare for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming mini-courses in the UnYeshiva  (and our 12-week Judaism In-Bound class)! Explore the binding of Isaac, Kol Nidrei, Hasidism, and more!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this second bonus episode of Elul Unbound, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash continue their exploration of the power of threes.This Elul bonus episode is the second of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2024 (our 22nd-25th Elul episodes overall). Check out Elul Unbound by visiting www.judaismunbound.com/elul.To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past six years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2024 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our first Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering of 2024 (Friday, September 6th), where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Zvika Krieger, spiritual leader at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, California, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Together they ask and explore a variety of questions: who is the God of the High Holidays? When Jews and their loved ones gather to pray, are they praying to that God? Are they (we) doing something else? Should we chuck most of the liturgy out and re-focus ourselves in a different way? Should we retain the traditional prayers and re-interpret them?Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming mini-courses in the UnYeshiva  (and our 12-week Judaism In-Bound class)! Explore the binding of Isaac, Kol Nidrei, Hasidism, and more!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Dalia Marx, an author, teacher, and activist who promotes liberal Judaism in Israel, is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. Her book, From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar, uses a progressive approach to explore each Hebrew month and its holidays alongside art and literature. She joins Lex Rofeberg and Dan Libenson for a conversation about the Jewish calendar of the past, present, and future.Our newest round of UnYeshiva mini-courses is now live, and it's not too late to register! We've got everything from Phish to zines to death. Learn more and sign up at JudaismUnbound.com/Classes. Financial aid is available if needed, just fill out this form!Access full shownotes for this episode via this link. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

SPECIAL REPORT: Hamas surprised Israel with an attack early Saturday, October 7. As of this recording, more than 300 Israelis are dead with another 1,600 hurt. It's the worst military setback in Israel since the Yom Kippur War exactly 50 years ago.Filmmaker, author, and prophecy scholar L. A. Marzulli (lamarzulli.net) joins us to discuss the biblical significance of this new conflict, the latest chapter in the long history of war over the land that God claimed as His own more than 3,400 years ago.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4656375/advertisement

It is truly stunning how easily the public can be fragmented over complex geopolitical issues. While the political left puts Ukrainian flags all over their cars and social media accounts, the political right, which largely mocked the latter, are now doing this same with Israeli flags. The irony is that it is highly unlikely anyone doing this has anything but a black and white view, driven by emotion and fallacy, about these complex issues. The "I Stand With" statements and accompanying flags make them feel morally superior and like intellectuals about issues professional historians don't fully grasp. Anyway, who would want to fly an American flag? As Ukraine has turned out to be a money laundering operation, among other things like a proxy war for U.S. foreign interests - and arguments over Nazis and Jews - it is par for the course that the same exact same debate is being had about Israel, yet another proxy in the Middle East for those same interests. Just as 9/11 resulted in Israel drawing the U.S. into its conflicts, so the attacks on Israel over the weekend will now do the same thing, while demanding more foreign aid right in time for both a Presidential election and the vacant speaker of the house seat. It also allows Israel to unify its fractured state - stop protests - and find cohesion in war. If God works in mysterious ways, the Devil just acts blatantly out in the open. So do occultists and underlying occult themes. The war in Ukraine is a perfect example of an occult war but the recent attacks on Israel fit the same mold: 50 years to the date of the 1973 October war called Yom Kippur, between Arabs and Israel; this week also marks Friday the 13th, and a rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on Saturday, the day of rest and day of Saturn, for which we get the Star of Saturn.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5328407/advertisement

Danya Ruttenberg, the Scholar-in-Residence for the National Council of Jewish Women -- and also (unofficially) the "Rabbi of Twitter" according to many -- joins Dan and Lex for a special Yom Kippur episode of Judaism Unbound! Together they explore her book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, considering what it has to teach us about the process of making amends, and asking how its lessons could help us create deeper and more meaningful forms of Yom Kippur experience.Fall 2023 Courses in the UnYeshiva (Judaism Unbound's digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning) are open for registration! Learn more about this semester's courses -- taught by Yoshi Silverstein, Eliana Light, Tamar Kamionkowski, Caryn Aviv, and Rachel Rose Reid -- via www.judaismunbound.com/classes.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link.And if you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this fourth and final bonus episode of Elul Unbound 2023, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the topic of second chances, through ancient Jewish stories and contemporary life.This Elul bonus episode is the fourth of four that has been released as part of Elul Unbound 2023 (our 18th-21st Elul episodes overall). Check out Elul Unbound by visiting www.judaismunbound.com/elul.To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past five years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2023 by signing up at this link, and sign up for our final Elul Unbound Zoom gathering of 2023 (Thursday, September 14th), where we will be forging our kavanot (intentions) for the new year in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this third bonus episode of Elul Unbound 2023, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore ways in which spirals might connect to the month of Elul, and the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.This Elul bonus episode is the third of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2023 (our 18th-21st Elul episodes overall). For a 3-session Elul mini-course, which helps you take your Elul observance to the next level, you can register for Elul: Your On-Ramp Into Rosh Hashanah -- which is being taught by Wendie Bernstein Lash, longtime facilitator of Elul Unbound! To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past five years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2023, by signing up at this link, and sign up for our third Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering (Friday, September 8th), where we will be exploring Elul in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Tivona Reith and Holly Smith are two of Judaism Unbound's most dedicated and longstanding listeners. They join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about becoming Jewish as adults, and whether we might benefit from shifting our terminology from “conversion” to “integration.” This episode is the 7th in an ongoing mini-series exploring conversion to Judaism.Access full shownotes for this episode via this link.And a reminder: Elul Unbound is back! Our annual exploration of the final month of the Jewish year, which serves as an on-ramp into Rosh Hashanah, is here. Register for Elul Unbound (almost all components of it are free!) via this link!And if you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here!

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this second bonus episode of Elul Unbound 2023, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the power of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet -- Bet!This Elul bonus episode is the second of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2023 (our 18th-21st Elul episodes overall). For a 3-session Elul mini-course, which will help you take your Elul observance to the next level, you can register for Elul: Your On-Ramp Into Rosh Hashanah -- which will be taught by Wendie Bernstein Lash, longtime facilitator of Elul Unbound! To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past five years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2023, by signing up at this link, and sign up for our second Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering (Friday, September 1st), where we will be exploring Elul in real time with friends, by clicking here.

Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this first bonus episode of Elul Unbound 2023, Lex Rofeberg, Wendie Bernstein Lash, and Micah Sandman launch their month-long exploration of the power of twos/seconds!This Elul bonus episode is the first of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2023 (our 18th-21st Elul episodes overall). For a 3-session Elul mini-course, which will help you take your Elul observance to the next level, you can register for Elul: Your On-Ramp Into Rosh Hashanah -- which will be taught by Wendie Bernstein Lash, longtime facilitator of Elul Unbound! To check out our previous Elul bonus episodes, released through Elul Unbounds of the past five years, click here. Join our bi-weekly journey through Elul Unbound 2023, by signing up at this link, and sign up for our first Elul Unbound Shabbat gathering (Friday, August 25th), where we will be exploring Elul in real time with friends, by clicking here.