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Haftorah – Erev Rosh Chodesh

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Shmuel 1, 20:18 This week we read a special Haftorah portion in light of the fact that this Shabbos is Erev Rosh Chodesh. This particular segment deals with the heartbreaking separation of Yonason from his dearest and most beloved friend Dovid and Dovid’s secret escape from the threatening wrath…

Parshas Shemin

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st & 2nd Aliyot: The Parsha begins on Nissan 1, 2449. The seven-day inauguration of Aharon and his sons…

PARSHA SHEMINI

Comparison of Torah JPS: Jewish Publication Society 1917 ONK: Targums Onkelos PAL: Jonathan Ben Uzziel/Palestinian JER: Jerusalem Fragments Leviticus 9:1 JPS 9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; ONK 9:1 And on the eighth day Mosheh called Aharon and his…

Pirkei Avot

Pirkei Avot Pirkei Avot (Literally, “Chapters of the Fathers”, and oftentimes called “Avot”) is a tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Mishnaic period. This little tractate contains five chapters and is often called “Ethics of the Fathers”. The text of this edition of the Avot is a paraphrased translation in idiomatic…

Parshas SHEMINI

UNIVERSAL TORAH: SHEMINI By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas SHEMINI, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 THE EIGHTH DAY The “eighth day” with which our parshah of SHEMINI opens was the first day of the month of Nissan, one year since the Exodus from Egypt. This was the day marked out for the final inauguration of the Sanctuary…

Sefirat HaOmer

A “Sefirat HaOmer” chart by Aharon Varady in the design of Lauren Deutsch, following the color correspondences of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. Each of the seven weeks and days of the Omer is represented by one of the seven lower Sephirot: Ḥesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzaḥ, Hod, Yesod, and Malkhut, the creative emanations all the worlds…

PARSHA SHEMINI

SECTION XXVI.SHEMINI. LEVITICUS 9 (ONKELOS) — 1 And on the eighth day Mosheh called Aharon and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2 And he said unto Aharon, Take to thee a calf, a young bullock from the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering unblemished, and offer before…

“What is this Service to You?”

The Pesach Haggadah states: “What does the wicked son say? ‘What is this service to you,’ this implies ‘to you’ and not ‘to himself’. Since he has excluded himself, he has thus denied the existence of Hashem. You should therefore likewise blunt his teeth (scold him) and reply to him, ‘Because of this did Hashem…

Favorite Seder Songs

the ‘simply singing’ project Brings together Arabs and Jews for a musical come together and throw the music we hope to make friends and to get to know people from the different cultures. Beatboxing for Passover

Best Passover Seder Ever

How to Make Your Faith Real – Why Passover is so Important 051 Special Holiday Edition – How to Make Your Faith Real – Why Passover is so Important – A Powerful Parable about Returning the Suit – A Great Story about Rav Shach and Peace in Your Home – Making Compliments Fit – The…

Why do we drink the 4 cups of Passover?

The Jewish people have several traditions around the 4 cups. One prominent tradition is that the 4 cups correspond to the 4 “I will…” statements of Exodus 6: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will save you from slavery to them, and…