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Man lighting Chanukah candles in Jerusalem

A Titanic Victory and a Small Cruse of Oil – Post 1

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "We, the Jewish people, are here today only because of the courage and vision of this small group of determined Jews who would not allow their G-d and their Torah to be reduced to the dustbins of history by the Syrian-Greek tyrant....
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Last night of Chanukah, lit Menorah

Chanukka 5782 – Introduction

  • Emor Project
  • Every chag (holiday) or event on the Hebrew calendar, brings with it the original energy of that time period again and again through years....
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Hebrew letter Tav in an old fashion script

Tav: The Twenty-Second Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The tav is made up of three lines [which]... represent Torah study (thought), prayer (speech), and the performance of good deeds (action)....
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Hebrew letter Shin on a parchment paper

Shin (Sin): The Twenty-First Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The three lines of the shin may be interpreted as three gen­eral dimensions of a human being: Kesser (will and pleasure), the intellect, and the emotions....
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Hebrew letter Resh on parchment paper

Resh: The Twentieth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The reish, at times poor and at times wicked, has the ability to do teshuvah. It can awake from its slumber and repent. The reish can truly be transformed into the rosh: the head of the Jewish people....
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Hebrew letter kuf with crown

Kuf: The Nineteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "We all have the ability to transform the irrational to the superrational, thus directing our thought, our speech, and our action solely toward G?d and holiness....
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Hebrew letter Tzaddik on parchment paper

Tzadik: The Eighteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The straight tzaddik represents the baal teshuvah, one who has worked to improve his connection to G-d and returned to his essential holy nature....
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Hebrew letter Pey on a parchment paper

Pey (Fey): The Seventeeth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The letter pei actually means 'mouth'—peh. A mouth is some­thing we use to speak, and...speech has tremendous power....
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Hebrew letter Ayin on a light blue background

Ayin: The Sixteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "According to the AriZal, the ayin is a vav contained in a nun. The nun represents humility. The vav signifies Torah, which descends from Heaven to earth in its inherent design of a hook or a chute. Vav also has the gematria of six. This represents the Six Orders of the...
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Hebrew letter Samech in regular format

Samech: The Fifteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The Priestly Blessings embody the concept of the samech: infinite light and power...
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Hebrew letter Nun on parchment paper

Nun: The Fourteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The mission for all of us is to reveal and draw G?d’s infinite light down into this world so that we can see the true reality of the world—that everything is G?dliness and G?dliness is everything....
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Hebrew letter Mem on a green background

Mem: The Thirteenth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

  • Raskin, Rabbi Aaron L.
  • "The word mem stands for mayim, which means water. Torah, the most vital element in our spiritual lives, is referred to as water, as it states: '...There is no water but Torah.'...
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