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.
Send forth your bread upon the surface of the water, for after many days you will find it
– Ecclesiastes 11:1
Pharaoh Corners Jews at Red Sea
(1313 BCE)
Pharaoh's pursuit of the Jews (see Jewish History for the 18th of Nissan) ended on this day, on the sh... Read More »
Passing of R. Hai Gaon
(1038)
R. Hai Gaon was the last of the Geonim, the brilliant Talmudic
scholars who headed the great schools o... Read More »
Click here for a summary of the Passover Torah readings.
Of the eight days of Passover, the first two and the last two are "yom tov" (festival days). The middl... Read More »
Tomorrow is the sixth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfal... Read More »
It is customary to remain awake on the eve of the Seventh of Passover (i.e., tonight) and spend the en... Read More »
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