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As the Jewish Holiday of Lag BaOmer approaches – Lag BaOmer is the 33rd day of the Omer counting, between the Holiday of Passover and the Holiday of Shavuot – In this video Eliav Friedman, MSW, shares 5 things many Jews do on this day special.
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On the Jewish Holiday of Lag BaOmer, many Jews go to Mount Meron where the great 2nd century Tannaitic Jewish sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is buried. Also known by the acronym Rashbi. In this video, Eliav Friedman, MSW, shares 5 fun facts about this famous Jewish sage, from his escape from the Romans and more.
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Fear Your Mother & Father is a famous commandment in the Torah – and one of the ways to fulfill commandment is to “Not sit in your father’s seat” – it’s pretty straight forward, but Rabbi Pessin shares another approach
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Passover the Jewish holiday of Freedom – The pyramids of Giza the only wonder of the ancient world still standing. Despite centuries of studies and research scientists still don’t fully understand how the Egyptians built them. Ancient Egyptians believed that through these pyramids they would achieve immortality…
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On Passover Night at the Seder it is customer for Ashkenazic Jews to wear the Kittel, the special white garment, worn on Yom Kippur. But why do we also wear it at the Passover Seder? The Maharal of Prague gives an insight into this Jewish custom and how it can uplift your seder night.
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Tu Bishvat is the Holiday of Trees, but if I am not a farmer, and don’t have a tree in my yard, what does it have to do with me? Rabbi Pessin shares a Tu Bishvat lesson for life
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On the flag of the Tribe of Judah was a picture of a Lion – The Kings of Israel came from the tribe of Judah. Why was a Lion chosen? You’d say, probably because it’s the King of the Jungle. But why is the Lion the king of all? There are other stronger animals out there…. Menachem Weinreb shares the lesson of The Tribe of Judah and The Lion
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Red usually represents anger, bloodshed or even danger – although when we look into the weekly Torah portion of Chukat, the RED COW is discussed – and we see that this red cow is used to make someone who is impure, pure. In other words, we see it’s quite positive. Menachem Weinreb shares a positive spin on the color red.
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“There’s an Eye that sees and an Ear that listens” and ‘Everything is being recorded’ – Why is this important to know,? Betzalel Alcide, a convert to Judaism, shares a special message that is found within this verse.
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Why is Purim called Purim? We know that it’s explained in the scroll of Esther (Megilat Esther) that it’s called Purim because of the Pur / the lottery that Haman did. Pur is lottery in Hebrew. However Rabbi Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl explains a different reason, in a lighthearted/Purim fashion – Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares the essence of this special Jewish holiday.
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