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A Covid Rosh Hashana?

Oorah

Rabbi Motti Cohen discusses learning with a partner for Jewish heritage.

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it's that time of year the weather is changing the new school year is underway and the high holidays are coming who knows what rosh hashanah named kippur will look like this year will we be able to get to shul will we be able to pray with our communities will we even be able to speak to the rabbi before rosh hashanah one thing we do know is that the new year is coming and we've got to do something about it our sages teach us that in the month of elol and tishrei hashem is closer than any other time of the year it's as if he's at our door knocking waiting for us to let him in in

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  1. 0:00it's that time of year the weather is changing the new school year is underway and
  2. 0:32knocking waiting for us to let him in in l is our chance to reflect renew
  3. 1:03[Music] you

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