Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
While it’s usually the Passover Seders that get the most attention, the rest of the eight-day holiday is special too and the last day certainly packs a punch!
Abraham was free. He heard the divine symphony and danced to its tune, unfettered by the chains of time and space.
We, too, can dance to the same song. Not because our limbs resonate with the heavens. But because we were handed the score at Sinai and connected to its Composer.
And so, at any moment, any of us can l...
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In today’s episode of Your Jewish Week: fortuitous bombs, an all-nighter, and goofy group responses.
In many Jewish communities—both Ashkenazi and Sephardic—there’s a beautiful tradition of staying up late (or even all night) on Shevi’i shel Pesach.
One who does teshuvah (repents) out of awe, his premeditated sins are rendered as unwitting transgressions. One who does teshuvah out of love, his premeditated sins are rendered as merits.
– Talmud, Yoma 86b
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(1713 BCE)
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(1273 BCE)
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Poway Chabad Shooting
(2019)
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