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<span>Posted:</span> 29 Sep 2008 05:11 AM CDT</p>
<div style="margin:0;font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;line-height:140%;font-size:12px;color:#000000;"><p>“<a href="http://www.aishdas.org/10YemeiTeshuvah.pdf" target="_blank"><em><span class="ubernym uttAbbreviation" onmouseover="domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'A term used in the gemara as a metaphor -- sometimes to describe wisdom, sometimes to describe prophecy.','caption', 'Lens or mirror' );"><abbr class="uttAbbreviation">Aspaqlaria</abbr></span></em>: <em>Aseres Yemei Teshuvah</em></a>” is a collection of essays adapted from those that appeared here on the subjects of <em>teshuvah</em>, <em>shofar</em>, <em>vidui</em>, and the <em>Aseres Yemei Teshuvah</em>. It is in Adobe Acrobat (<span class="ubernym uttInitialism" onmouseover="domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'Portable Document Format' );"><abbr class="uttInitialism">PDF</abbr></span>) format, ready for printing.</p>
<p>Due to technical problems, I was unable to add this year’s <em>divrei Torah</em>. But you can find them here:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2008/09/with-a-shofar.shtml">And with what? With a Shofar</a></li>
<li><a href="../2008/09/coronating-g-d.shtml">Coronating G-d</a> (the thought is further developed from the version in the booklet, using ideas from <em>Pachad Yitzchak)</em></li>
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<td align="left">The Mechanism of Teshuvah</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
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<td align="left">Of Empty Cups</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
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<td align="left">The Thermodynamics of History</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
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<td align="left">The Gift of Justice</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
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<td align="left">Teshuvah and Submission</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
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<td align="left">9/11 - 5 Years Later; or, How to Effect Permanent Change</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
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<td align="left">A Good and Sweet New Year</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
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<td align="left">Crowning Hashem as My King</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
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<td align="left">Epilog: Pragmatics</td>
<td align="right">19</td>
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<td align="left">The Simplicity of the Shofar</td>
<td align="right">21</td>
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<td align="left">The Shofar’s Call</td>
<td align="right">22</td>
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<td align="left">Unesaneh Tokef</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
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<td align="left">Aval Asheimim Anachnu</td>
<td align="right">26</td>
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<td align="left">Invoking The Thirteen Middos</td>
<td align="right">29</td>
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