Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Bringing an offering means coming close to G‑d, which is dependent on each individual.
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Something is true, we say, when it actually happened in our physical world.
But some events are even more true than that; so true that they are not limited to a certain year in a certain place. Instead, they occur again and again every year, wherever we are.
They are the days we celebrate every year, in a very real...
A century ago, there was a thriving Jewish community in Egypt, as there had been since before the Second Temple. Learn more about this unique Sephardic community that has all-but disappeared.
Does the mitzvah count if you scrupulously perform the physical details but without feeling?
The Jewish calendar is the structure upon which all Jewish holidays are based. It follows the lunar cycle, which means that the year is comprised of 12 lunar months (of approximately 29.5 days...
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Moses was afflicted with a speech impairment so that no one should think that his success in transmitting the Torah to the world was due to his oratory skills.
– Derashot HaRan
Jews Commanded 1st Mitzvah
(1313 BCE)
Shortly before sundown on the 29th of Adar, G-d commanded Moses regarding the mitzvah of sanctifying... Read More »
Napoleon's "Sanhedrin" Dissolved
(1807)
A few months after its creation, Napoleon's "Sanhedrin" (rabbinical supreme court) was dissolved. The... Read More »
Starting in the afternoon, Tachanun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are... Read More »
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