We hear it every Elul: “The King is in the field.” But what does that actually mean? Hashem is available to us every day. We can pray every day. We don’t need an...
Author - Rabbi Kaplan
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org.
What if we approached the month of Elul the way a successful business approaches its annual review? We naturally examine a business to determine what is working, what is...
“Preparing with Precision” the Holy How-To Series on the High Holidays #2.1 — Correcting the Crown!
PREPARING WITH PRECISIONHalachah, Meaning, and the Holy How-To for the High Holidays Following the enthusiastic response to our post-Pesach series, Counting with...
“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” is #5 of Atonement Unplugged TOM’S TALMUD TISCH on Yom Kippur, Yoma 85b
✨ ATONEMENT UNPLUGGED ✨A Mini-Series on Kapparah — The Nature of Divine ForgivenessTom’s Talmud Tisch on Teshuvah and Yom Kippur | Tractate Yoma This textually...
Elul is more than a month of preparation—it is a time for spiritual accounting. Just as a successful business takes stock of what is profitable and what needs to change...
“Preparing with Precision” the Holy How-To Series on the High Holidays #2 — Correcting the Crown!
PREPARING WITH PRECISIONHalachah, Meaning, and the Holy How-To for the High Holidays Following the enthusiastic response to our post-Pesach series, Counting with...
“Immersed in Mercy” # 4 Atonement Unplugged TOM’S TALMUD TISCH on Yom Kippur, Yoma 85b
✨ ATONEMENT UNPLUGGED ✨A Mini-Series on Kapparah – The Nature of Divine Forgiveness Rabbi Akiva’s famous teaching in Yoma 85b reveals why Hashem is called the...
“Preparing with Precision” the Holy How-To Series on the High Holidays #1 — The Coronation Begins!
Preparing with PrecisionHalacha, Meaning, and the Holy How-To for the High Holidays Following the enthusiastic response to our post-Pesach series, Counting with...
On Chof Av, Rabbi Mendel Kaplan draws inspiration from the extraordinary courage of Reb Levik, the Rebbe’s father, who refused to be spiritually broken despite...
What can change in 40 days? Our Sages teach that Moshe Rabbeinu spent three separate periods of 40 days on Mount Sinai—devoted to Torah, tefillah, and teshuvah. The...