Fwd: The Mitzvah to Vote, Cheshvan and Tachanun

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Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2024, 8:01 AM
Subject: The Mitzvah to Vote, Cheshvan and Tachanun
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NJ) • Shlomo & Adina Hollander (Baltimore, MD) • Ben Rothke (Clifton, NJ) • Anonymous (Sacramento, CA) • Steven Gross (New York, NY) • Beth & Avi Adler (Southfield, MI) • Meira & James Mainzer (Silver Spring, MD) • Avi & Aleeza Lauer (Woodmere, NY) • Dr. David Kraemer (Pittsburgh, PA) • Sigal Gottlieb and Lenny Moise (Providence, RI) • Sarah & Amitai Barth (Baltimore, MD) • Rabbi Mordechai & Caren Torczyner (West Hempstead, NY) • Rabbi Yehuda & Lisa Septimus (North Woodmere, NY) • Rabbi Aryeh & Elana Lebowitz (North Woodmere, NY) The learning on the site was dedicated this week: by Dr. Barry and Marcia Wagner Levinson in honor of their children and grandchildren  by Ron Zanger l'ilui nishmos יהושע בן אהרון ומרים בת חיים ז״ל לברכה by Sara and Eric Pollak l'zecher nishmas Moshe ben Yehuda and Shifra bas Menachem Mendel by Larry Adler & Joan Presby in honor of Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom's YUTorah shiurim by Benjy Owen in memory of Sam Owen, Shemuel Reuven ben Yehudit Rachel by Fran & Jerry 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Is it a mitzvah, optional or b'dieved? What is the status of democracy in halacha? Start Learning Getting Back into Tachanun Did you miss saying Tachanun? Now that we are back to saying it again after a long break, get a better appreciation of the meaning and laws of this important tefilla. Start Learning Understanding Cheshvan With the Yamim Noraim behind us, learn more about Cheshvan, the transitional month from the fall to the winter, and its deeper role in the Jewish calendar. Start Learning Remembering Kristallnacht What lessons can we take from remembering the horrors of the Holocaust and what is the Torah perspective on it? Start Learning RECENTLY FEATURED SHIURIM Rabbi Reuven Brand The Leader Who Created Leaders: The Maggid of Mezritch Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman Price Controls and the Presidential Election Rabbi Yona Reiss Early Bird Discounts and Related Ribbis Issues Rabbi Hershel Schachter The Rav on The Siddur Rabbi Etan Schnall Paying Employees on Time: Bal Talin, Lomdus and L'Maaseh Rabbi Mayer Twersky The Obligation to Vote Parshat Lech Lecha |  Daf Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Yeshiva University 515 West 185th St New York, NY 10033 You can manage your subscription with the Manage My Subscription form.