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Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Tamari, Rabbi Dr. Meir

According to the Ari, the months correspond to the Tribes based on their encampment order in the Wilderness. Kislev, the 9th month from Nissan, is associated with Binyamin, the 9th tribe. In his merit, Israel overcame the Greeks and rededicated the Bet HaMikdash during Kislev. The power of Binyamin...

The Month of Cheshvan: Mar Cheshvan

Wein, Rabbi Berel

…Mar Cheshvan is the only month of the Jewish year that has no special days, … … a time to return to ourselves and our daily lives, to place into daily practice the great lessons afforded us by the challenges of the two previous months. It is as though...

Sukkot: Being Us in Hashem’s Presence

Harary, Charlie

During this time, God teaches us to find Him in the mundane and in all aspects of life. If we approach Sukkot with this mindset, we’ll carry God's presence with us throughout the year....

The Month of Av: God Acts As A Loving Father

Emor Project

This month is called Av, which in Hebrew means “father.” Even though God has hidden His presence from us, and we must live with the consequences of that absence, the name of the month reminds us that God acts as a loving father. This means that everything we experience...

The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: Finding the Love in the Destruction

Lipitz, Mrs. Ani

The three weeks between the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av are called Bein HaMetzarim (“Between the Straits”), and during this period Jewish people the...

The month of Iyar – “for I am the Lord, who heals you”

Lundin, Rabbi Haggai

"If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I...

Holy Eating: Insights Into Tu B’Shevat

Schneider, Sarah Yehudit

Adam and Eve [transgressed by eating from] the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was through this sin that the yeitzer hara (evil inclination) became a part of each of us, challenging us to this day with obstacles to our spiritual growth....

Tu BeShevat 5784

Winston, Rabbi Pinchas

[Tu BeShevat offers the] opportunity to absorb the amazing gift of Eretz Yisroel, the fantastic bounty it is giving us these days, and the tremendous opportunity to make blessings over it in giving thanks to God....

The Month of Shevat

OU Staff

"On the first of the month [of Shevat], Moshe, inspired by prophecy from G-d, began to recite the words of the Book of Devarim to Israel."...

Tehillim Army for Kids

InKredible Kids

"It is know that the Tefilot [prayers] of children are the purest and that is what we need the most right now."...

The Tenth of Tevet

Wein, Rabbi Berel

The Tenth of Tevet marks the onset of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia, and the beginning of the battle that ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon, and sent the Jews into the 70-year Babylonian Exile....

Continuing the Light… After Zot Chanukah

Arush, Rabbi Shalom

"What the greatest tzaddikim cannot do in their prayers at Neila at the end of Yom Kippur – even the simplest Jew can do on Zot Chanukah."...

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