Rosh Chodesh Iyar
- Emor Project
- Today is the first day of the month of Iyar (????). Our sages explain that the acronym for this month is: “I am Hashem, your healer”...
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Better Living Through Counting | SECRETS of the Omer
- Friedman, Rabbi Manis
- "We start counting the Omer on the second night, because after having experienced a total cleansing of all ego, now we can start replacing our emotions, our character, one step at a time, but this time, without ego....
Sefirat HaOmer – A Unique Opportunity for Self-Refinement
- Emor Project
- The period of Sefirat HaOmer offers us a unique opportunity to work on improving our midot (character traits)....
Sefirat Ha’Omer/Counting of the Omer
- Emor Project
- We are commanded to count seven weeks from the time that the omer, the new barley offering, was brought in the Beit HaMikdash....
A Spiritual Guide to the Counting of the Omer: Forty-Nine Steps to Personal Refinement
- Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
- "With the mitzvah of counting the 49 days, known as Sefirat Ha'Omer, the Torah invites us on a journey into the human psyche, into the soul....
A Passover Dictionary: What Do All These Strange Hebrew Terms Mean?
- Strum, Rabbi Ori
- "On the night before Passover (this year...on Thursday night, April 14th), the Jewish people gather in their homes at sundown and begin searching for any remaining chametz....
Pesach Seder
- Emor Project
- We conduct the seder using a Haggadah, which means “telling.” The Haggadah facilitates the retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Also, it guides participants through the ritual-rich Seder meal, indicating when and how to perform each ritual....
Sell Your Chametz
- Torah.org
- One of the prime elements of the Passover Holiday is the removal of leaven products, known as 'Chametz' from one's possession....
The Spiritual Potential of Pesach
- Emor Project
- Pesach recalls historically the liberation from slavery in Egypt through a manifested intervention of HKBH....
Stress-Free Pesach Cleaning Guide
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- Free "Stress-Free Pesach Cleaning Guide"...
Post 3 – The Baal Shem Tov on Perpetual Creation
- Shurpin, Yehuda
- "...everything that happens in this world is due to hashgachah pratit, 'divine providence': not even a leaf falling is a result of mere happenstance....
Post 2 – The Baal Shem Tov on Perpetual Creation
- Shurpin, Yehuda
- "The building blocks of all of creation, in all its variety, are the same Ten Utterances....