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Sefirat HaOmer - Counting the Omer
Between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, the Omer is counted each evening, signifying our preparation for the receiving of the Torah on the holiday of Shavuot. Your one-stop site for an enhanced Omer experience.
Between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, the Omer is counted each evening, signifying our preparation for the receiving of the Torah on the holiday of Shavuot. Your one-stop site for an enhanced Omer experience.
Moshiach's Meal: What, Why and How
Following a tradition instituted by the Baal Shem Tov, Jews all over the world celebrate the waning hours of Passover with Moshiach’s Meal
Following a tradition instituted by the Baal Shem Tov, Jews all over the world celebrate the waning hours of Passover with Moshiach’s Meal
Yizkor at Home
Under normal circumstances, Yizkor should be recited in synagogue. What if that is not possible?
Under normal circumstances, Yizkor should be recited in synagogue. What if that is not possible?
Essay
Whole or Broken This Passover?
At a time when G‑d has taken away so many of the things we normally lean on to feel confident and complete, He is showing us that He trusts us to connect to the wholeness we possess within.
At a time when G‑d has taken away so many of the things we normally lean on to feel confident and complete, He is showing us that He trusts us to connect to the wholeness we possess within.
Your Questions
Why Do We Count the Omer Specifically at Night?
Join Rabbi Shurpin for a fascinating halachic discussion of why the preferred time for this mitzvah is during the night.
Join Rabbi Shurpin for a fascinating halachic discussion of why the preferred time for this mitzvah is during the night.
How Is Romaine Lettuce a Bitter Herb?
If anything, it is quite sweet tasting. So why eat lettuce to commemorate the bitterness of the Egyptian slavery?
If anything, it is quite sweet tasting. So why eat lettuce to commemorate the bitterness of the Egyptian slavery?
Parshah
The Paradox of Eight
When we encounter the number eight in the Torah, the Torah is alerting us that the topic we are discussing is one that transcends the natural expectation.
When we encounter the number eight in the Torah, the Torah is alerting us that the topic we are discussing is one that transcends the natural expectation.
Lifestyle
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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All of Torah is wrapped up in these leather straps and boxes with their finely written parchment scrolls.
Because this is the essence of every mitzvah:
To bind your heart, your mind and your action together into a single wholeness, wrapped up inextricably with the One who spoke and the world came into being.
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