BS”D Both Tu BiShevat and Pesach each have their own version of a sedar. Is there any connection between these two holidays? There is a fairly well-known custom to make a sedar on the night of Tu BiShevat where participants eat fruits in a specific order, drink four cups of wine, and read a series…
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BS”D In the process of doing research for another article, I landed on Gemara Shabbos 104a. This page delves into the significance of both the form and order of the Hebrew alphabet among other things. What I saw there “jumped out” at me so much that I realized I needed to put the first article…
BS”D You may know that at a young age Avraham Avinu recognized that there is a single Creator and Conductor of the World, that he smashed his father’s idols, and that he miraculously survived Nimrod’s fiery furnace. But why did God single out Avraham to become Avinu, the forefather of the Jewish nation? A reading…
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BS”D The Yom Tov festivals of Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos are days of spiritual growth, movement, and renewal (as opposed to Shabbos, which is a state of being and receiving). We are meant tap into the spiritual energy of these days and come out on the other end in a higher place– a place where…
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BS”D One of the biggest miracles of Purim, according to Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev(z”l), was קִיְּמ֣וּ וְקִבְּלֻ֣, that the Jewish people willingly re-dedicated themselves to the Torah and accepted it anew.1 But why was this such a miracle among all the other miraculous events that took place? The answer gives us a profound insight…
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