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May 5, 2023
The thirtieth day of the Omer
For Friday, May 5, 2023 / Iyar 14 / Pesach Sheni Today is Iyar 14th which is also called “Pesach Sheni”. It’s now a month ago that we...
May 4, 2023
The twenty ninth day of the Omer
From the Rabbi for Kehillah May 2014: By the time you read this Pesach will be a memory – the story of the exodus from Egypt told once...
May 3, 2023
The twenty eighth day of the Omer
REMEMBER AMALEK Who were the Amalekites? A nomadic tribe who attacked and attempted to despoil the Israelites who had just crossed...
May 1, 2023
Twenty Sixth Day of the Omer
From the night of the communal Seder or for most people from the second night of Pesach we start counting the Omer, which is a 49 day...
Apr 29, 2023
Day Twenty Four of the Omer
We are in the middle of counting the Omer, the 49-day cycle of days, seven weeks, which take us from Pesach to Shavuot. It is an...
Apr 28, 2023
Day Twenty Three of the Omer
עבדי הזמן עבדי עבדים הם. עבד ה׳ הוא לבד חופשי. Slaves of time are slaves of slaves. Only the servant of God is free. (Yehuda Halevi) Most...
Apr 27, 2023
Day 22 of the Omer
Why do we count the Omer? There are so many possible reasons to give, but one is that we are structuring the time between Pesach and...
Apr 26, 2023
Day Twenty One of the Omer
CHAMETZ UMATZAH? The first of the Four Questions – remember them? - points out that what is special about Pesach is NOT that we eat...
Apr 25, 2023
Day Twenty of the Omer
Pesach is now behind us, and the fifty days between that Festival and Shavuot mark an extraordinary number of commemorations that range...
Apr 24, 2023
Day Nineteen of the Omer
In the Omer days, we embark on a period of introspection and reflection. During these forty-nine days, we are called to reflect on our...
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