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Shavuot 5769 - May 28, 2009

 Holidays
The Angels and Us

At that moment the angels understood what it means to be human and to have to deal with the challenges that we deal with. It took them a hundred and something years to recover from it...
The Never Ending Voice

Revolutions may come and go but revelation is eternal
The Bedrock of Belief

I could believe the world was real. But was it possible to know it? What had to be added to that belief in order to convert it into knowledge?
The Man Who Celebrated Tikkun-Night
Suddenly he heard his name called. "Ya, Matzliach! You're just the man I want! His Majesty sent me out to buy a set of antique coffee-cups. I have no idea where to get them..."
 Living
An Ode to My Little Brother

Little brothers are so handy. When they are very small they can give you a massage by walking on your back. Then they get a little bigger, and soon, they are arm-rest size.
I am a Metaphor

All the experiences I've gone through, from every time I've exercised, to the wedding, to my class in the Old City have all been metaphors. They are channels to Truth.
A Bridge to Somewhere
An American Chabad rabbi working in Uruguay to "activate souls," and a well established doctor, self proclaimed atheist from the interior of Argentina, explore their Jewishnesss, establishing a line of communication that not only transcends their differences but feeds off them…
 Daily Quotes
The 3's of Torah
Our children will guarantee it
Torah that Moses commanded...
we will do and we will hear
a wonderful union
One who causes his fellow to sin is worse than one who kills him
— Midrash Rabbah, Bamidbar 21:5

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Sunday
1 Sivan | May 24
Rosh Chodesh
Omer: Day 45
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Flood Waters Recede (2105 BCE)
Encampment at Sinai (1313 BCE)
Korach Swallowed (1312 BCE)
Worms Jews Massacred (1096)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Rosh Chodesh Observances
Count "Forty-Six Days to the Omer" Tonight
Monday
2 Sivan | May 25
Omer: Day 46
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Chosen People (1313 BCE)
Israel Captures Golan Heights (1967)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Count "Forty-Seven Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tuesday
3 Sivan | May 26
Omer: Day 47
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Jews Prepare to Receive Torah (1313 BCE)
Vespasian Captures Jericho (68 CE)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
3 Days of "Hagbalah" begin
Count "Forty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight
Wednesday
4 Sivan | May 27
Omer: Day 48
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Moses Transcribes (first part of) Torah (1313 BCE)
Forced Conversion in Clermont (576)
Jews Returned to Spain (1481)
Chmielnitzki Massacres (1648)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Count "Forty-Nine Days to the Omer" Tonight
Thursday
5 Sivan | May 28
Omer: Day 49
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Reuben Finds Mandrakes (1568 BCE)
Jews Accept Torah (1313 BCE)
Rabbis Burnt at Stake (1728)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Eruv Tavshilin
All-Night Learning
More on Shavuot
Light Holiday Candles before sunset.
Friday
6 Sivan | May 29
Shavuot
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Torah Given (1313 BCE)
Passing of King David (837 BCE)
Cologne Jews Martyred (1096)
Passing of Baal Shem Tov (1760)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Ten Commandments
Children in Shul
Book of Ruth
Dairy Foods
More on Shavuot
Light Shabbat / Holiday Candles before sunset.
Shabbat
7 Sivan | May 30
Shavuot
Today in Jewish HistoryToday in Jewish History:
Ger Tzedek of Vilna Burned at the Stake (1749)
Laws and CustomsLaws and Customs:
Second Day of Shavuot
Yizkor
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