Online Audio Lectures on Judaism

Question:
Would you suggest some websites that contain online audio of lectures related to Judaism?

Answer:
Here are some sites with online audio of lectures on Judaism. Most of these sites contain many free lectures.

http://www.ishiur.com/
http://www.yutorah.org/index.cfm
http://www.kolhashiurim.com/semiWeb/khl/khl.htm
http://torahanytime.com/index.html
http://www.simpletoremember.com/media/
http://judaicseminar.org/lectures/lecture%20series.htm
http://www.ravmosheweinberger.com/
http://www.rayimahuvim.org/pages/adam_talks.html
http://www.rayimahuvim.org/pages/summer_audio/summer_lect09.htm

I am sure that there are many other good sites out there. The readers of this blog are encouraged to "join the conversation" by listing other sites that they enjoy using.

You might also want to check out the "Audio Roundup" series on http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/. New online lectures are listed, linked to, and summarized. For an example, see here: http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2010/06/audio-roundup-xcvii.html.

Fasting for Atonement

A patron requested citations to sources in Rabbinic literature that discuss the practice of fasting in order to gain atonement for sins. Here are some sources that I found. Please, feel free to “join the conversation” by adding additional sources in the “Comments” section.
- Yerushalmi, Betsah 2:8, s.v. a[mar] R[abi] Hananyah paam ahat yatset.
- Bavli, Hagigah 22b, s.v. amru kol yamav husharu shinav mipne taaniyotav.
- Ibid., Moed Katan 25a, s.v. de-yoma had ithafikha.
- Ibid., Bava Metsia 33a, s.v. yativ Rav Hisda arbain taanita
- Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayim, chpt.334, paragraph 26, s.v. Hagah… ve-im avar ve-hilel tsarikh le-hitanot.
- Shulhan Arukh, Yoreh De’ah, chpt.185, paragraph 4, s.v. Hagagh…ve-im pirash mimenah.
- Shulhan Arukh, Orakh Hayim, chpt.568, paragraph 4.
- Shneur Zalman, of Lyady, 1745-1813. Likute Amarim – Tanya, Igeret ha-Teshuvah, chpt.1-3.
- Vidas, Elijah ben Moses de, 16th cent. Reshit Hokhmah, shaar ha-Teshuvah.
- Ricchi, Raphael Immanuel ben Abraham Hai, 1688-1743. Mishnat Hasidim, masekhet Teshuvah.