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The 33rd and 34th Days of the Omer

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
What Occurred on the 33rd Day of the Omer? Tomorrow (meaning beginning from tonight), G-d willing, will mark the 33rd day of the Omer (commonly known as Lag Ba’Omer), which is celebrated amid great joy and when Tachanun (confessional prayer found after the Amida prayer) is omitted for it…

TORAH READING SHABBAT

DIASPORA TORAH READING SHABBAT MAY 9: EMORUNIVERSAL TORAH COMMENTARYBy Rabbi Avraham GreenbaumTorah Reading: Parshas EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23SAY TO THE PRIESTSAs discussed in Universal Torah #20 TETZAVEH, the Torah conception of the priests and their relationship with the people is radically different from the conception of the priesthood in other traditions. The Cohen of the Torah…

Parshas BEHAR

UNIVERSAL TORAH COMMENTARYBy Rabbi Avraham GreenbaumTorah Reading: Parshas BEHAR, Leviticus 25:1-26:2Haftara: Jeremiah 32:6-27THE LAND BELONGS TO G-D“To G-d belongs the land and its fullness, the earth and its inhabitants.” (Psalms 24:1). “The heavens, the heavens belong to G-d, but the earth He GAVE TO THE SONS OF ADAM. The dead will not praise G-d nor…

Are All Men Created Equal?

Pirkei Avos Chapter 5, Mishna 15 Are All Men Created Equal? By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “There are four types of students. One who is quick to understand and quick to forget — his gain is outweighed by his loss. One who is slow to understand and slow to forget — his loss is outweighed by…

TORAH READING SHABBAT

On Shabbat May 9 the Torah reading in Israel will be BEHAR while in the Diaspora the Torah reading will be the portion of EMOR. Students in Israel please scroll down this email for the commentary on BEHAR. DIASPORA TORAH READING SHABBAT MAY 9: EMOR UNIVERSAL TORAH COMMENTARY By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas…

Lag B’Omer / ל״ג בעומ

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: ל״ג בעומר), also known as Lag LaOmer amongst Sephardi Jews, is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the thirty-third day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of Iyar. One reason given for the holiday is as the day of passing of…

Pirkei Avos Creating Souls Chapter 6, Mishna 3

By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “One who learns from his fellow a single chapter [of Torah], a single law, a single verse, a single statement, or even a single letter, must treat him with honor. For so we find with David, King of Israel, who learned from Achitofel two things alone, and he called him his…

Reward Depends on Suffering

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Our Sages teach us in Pirkei Avot (Chapter 5, Mishnah 22): “Ben Heh Heh (the name of one of the Tannaic Sages) says: Based on how much one suffers is one rewarded.” In the World to Come, when one’s actions are scrutinized to determine how much reward one deserves,…

Dimming the Divine Light

Originally posted on Morning Meditations:
Our teacher the Baal Shem Tov said: Every single thing one sees or hears is an instruction for his conduct in the service of G-d. This is the idea of avoda, service, to comprehend and discern in all things a way in which to serve G-d. -Compiled by the Lubavitcher…

Is the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife a Fake?

Coptic papyrus mentioning Jesus’ wife is a forgery, according to Coptic manuscripts experts Ellen White • 04/27/2015 On September 18, 2012, the world was introduced to two women: Jesus’ wife and Karen L. King. The first woman, from antiquity, has been much speculated about; the second woman, from modernity, has already been venerated by…