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It is the omer, a measure of barley, that unites the Biblical holidays of Pesach and Sukkot. With no calenderic date Shavuot occurs on the day after the counting of seven weeks “from the day on which you bring the omer, sheaf, of elevation offering…
A legal system by its very nature is detail oriented. While laws represent the values of any given society, a law once established takes on an independent life of itself. It is for this reason that laws must apply in all situations, even in those…
“Go out and learn what Lavan the Aramean sought to do to Yaakov, our father. Pharaoh only decreed on the males but Lavan sought to uproot everything. As it is stated, 'An Aramean was destroying my father and he went down to Egypt'” (Devarim 26:5).…
Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin and 12 more
2023 Pesach Learning Series
Wednesday March 22 - Sunday April 16
All Times are Eastern
Why is the Last Day of Pesaca Yom tov
Tuesaday April 11, 9:30 am
Rabbi Jay Kelman
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Taxonomy of Children, Taxonomy of…
One of the (many) strange features of Purim is the fact that we do not recite Hallel. “The Prophets among them established [Hallel] for the Jewish people, that they should recite it every time for every trouble may it not come upon them and when…
Ask any child – or adult for that matter – how we celebrate Chanukah and chances are beyond pretty good that the answer will be by lighting the menorah every night (well, maybe the child will add something about getting gifts). Yet as prominent a…
The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam
Dr, Beni Gesundheit
Sundays, December 11 & 18
10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel
December 11: The Meaning of Chanukah in Maimonides’ Halachic-Philosophical Teaching
This shiur will review the…
Dr. Beni Gesundheit, Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Rabbi Ari Chwat-Shvat and 4 more
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The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story
Dr. Yonatan Feintuch
Wednesday December 21
12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Israel
Chanukah celebrates the victory over Greek idolatry and the cleansing of the Temple from it, but also touches upon…