Vows

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Thoughts on Kol Nidrei

1 September 2015

Lecture at Yom Limmud at the Oxford Chabad Centre Sept 2015 on the legal and mystical aspects of Kol Nidrei.

Release Of Vows

5774

The Kol Nidrei prayer's roots in medieval Spain, when Jews forced to swear apostasy gathered to cancel such vows, and its meaning as a release from all commitments to material and secular values. On...

Betrothal And Marriage

5770

The laws of vows in the Sedra to explore the relationship of the soul with G-d, comparing it to the bond between a betrothed couple. The insight is that the soul's relationship with G-d involves...