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Pesach Sheni: The Holiday of Second Chances
Rapaport, Karen Wolfers
May 15, 2022
"Pesach Sheni, the holiday of second chances, reminds us that we can always change our steps and return home....
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Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter 1
Botton, Rabbi Yitzchak
May 11, 2022
Torah is an expression of Divine Will and Wisdom. Through Torah study, we connect to the Wisdom of Hashem, and through the performance of...
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Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot) 1:1
Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzchak
May 9, 2022
The place where the Torah was given was [on the 'Mountain of Sinai'] in the 'Desert of Sinai'. Spiritually these two Sinai’s represent two...
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Learn Hebrew: Pirkei Avot
Cohen-Regev, Shira
May 3, 2022
"Pirkei Avot is a compilation of teachings from the Sages of the Mishnah compiled in Israel some 1800 years ago....
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Rosh Chodesh Iyar
Emor Project
May 2, 2022
Today is the first day of the month of Iyar (אייר). Our sages explain that the acronym for this month is: “I am...
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Better Living Through Counting | SECRETS of the Omer
Friedman, Rabbi Manis
April 27, 2022
"We start counting the Omer on the second night, because after having experienced a total cleansing of all ego, now we can start replacing...
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Sefirat HaOmer – A Unique Opportunity for Self-Refinement
Emor Project
April 26, 2022
The period of Sefirat HaOmer offers us a unique opportunity to work on improving our midot (character traits)....
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Sefirat Ha’Omer/Counting of the Omer
Emor Project
April 15, 2022
We are commanded to count seven weeks from the time that the omer, the new barley offering, was brought in the Beit HaMikdash....
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A Spiritual Guide to the Counting of the Omer: Forty-Nine Steps to Personal Refinement
Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
April 14, 2022
"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...
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A Passover Dictionary: What Do All These Strange Hebrew Terms Mean?
Strum, Rabbi Ori
April 13, 2022
"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...
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Pesach Seder
Aleph Beta
April 12, 2022
We conduct the seder using a Haggadah, which means “telling.” The Haggadah facilitates the retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Also,...
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Sell Your Chametz
Torah.org
April 11, 2022
One of the prime elements of the Passover Holiday is the removal of leaven products, known as 'Chametz' from one's possession....
