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Serious Simcha: The Opposite Moods that Drive both the Yamim Noraim and the Elul Build-up

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: September 18 2025

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Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara:

Arachin

Halacha:

Elul, Orach Chaim, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur

Machshava:

Elul, Rambam, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Yom Kippur, Yom Tov

Holidays:

Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah

Nach:

Ezra & Nechemia

Parsha:

Ki Tisa

Description

Hallel in Poetry and Prose; Fasting or Feasting on Rosh ha-Shana and (Erev) Yom Kippur; Ezra and Nechemia; Preparing with Kevarim and Mesiras Nefesh, Barbershops and Mikvaos, Sinai and Selichos and Shofaros; 3 Closing Rosh ha-Shana Riddles

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Serious Simcha: The Opposite Moods that Drive both the Yamim Noraim and the Elul Build-up

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara:

Arachin

Halacha:

Elul, Orach Chaim, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur

Machshava:

Elul, Rambam, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Yom Kippur, Yom Tov

Holidays:

Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah

Nach:

Ezra & Nechemia

Parsha:

Ki Tisa

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Serious Simcha: The Opposite Moods that Drive both the Yamim Noraim and the Elul Build-up

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara: Arachin Halacha: Elul, Orach Chaim, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur Machshava: Elul, Rambam, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Yom Kippur, Yom Tov Holidays: Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah Nach: Ezra & Nechemia Parsha: Ki Tisa

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Gemara:

Arachin

Halacha:

Elul, Orach Chaim, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur

Machshava:

Elul, Rambam, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Yom Kippur, Yom Tov

Holidays:

Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah

Nach:

Ezra & Nechemia

Parsha:

Ki Tisa