Q: If our fate is decided between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, why do we pray the rest of the year?
Tag: Yomim Noraim
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Purpose of Rosh Hashana
Q: If Rosh Hashana is the Yom Hadin, the day that Hashem is judging us, shouldn’t we spend the whole day saying vidui and confessing our sins?
Rav Avigdor Miller on My First Thoughts on Motzei Yom Kippur
Q: What should we think about on מוצאי יום כיפור?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hoshana Rabah Is Only For The Losers
Q: What is meant when people say that Hoshana Rabah is the final sealing of the decree that was sealed on Yom Kippur?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Eating Peaches During the Aseres Yimei Teshuva
Q: What does it mean when we ask Hashem for life and we say למענך אלקים חיים – “Let us live for Your sake Hashem”?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hashem, Remember Our Good Deeds
Q: What are we asking for when we say אבינו מלכינו זכרנו לזכויות? What are we asking to be זוכה to?
Rav Avigdor Miller on What To Start Learning Before Yom Hadin
Q: What sefer would you recommend we learn if we would like to be מקבל upon ourselves to begin learning a mussar sefer before Rosh Hashana?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Starting the Year Off on the Right Foot
Q: Every year, before Rosh Hashana comes along, I make kabolos about improving myself in various areas of my service of Hashem. But here I am, the same schlepper I’ve always been.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Preparing For Selichos
Q: How should one prepare for the ימים נוראים?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Preparing for Yom Hadin
Q: The Rav said tonight that we should get busy before Rosh Hashanah remembering all the good that Hashem has given us since last Rosh Hashanah. But don’t we have to spend the time we have left thinking about our sins and our behavior over the past year and making resolutions for improving this coming year?