The Festival of Pentecost (Shavuot) CHAPTER 6 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest… (Exodus [Shemot] 34:22 NAS). You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. Then…
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KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Esther 7-8
KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Esther 7-8 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov ESTHER CHAPTER 7 Seeing Esther invite Haman to her feast with the king had brought the Jews of Shushan to the highest peak of Teshuvah. Previously they believed that in the Jewish queen they had a strong ally in the royal household who might…
KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Esther 3-4
BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Esther 3-4 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov ESTHER CHAPTER 3 V 1: “After these things Ahashverosh promoted Haman…” Ahashverosh’s feast had taken place in the third year of his fourteen-year reign (Esther 1:3), while Esther became queen four years later, in the seventh year of his reign (Esther 2:16). It…
Don Fernando Aguilar’s Amazing Shofar
On August 2, 1492, a young sailor named Christopher Columbus departed Spain. As his ships sailed out of Seville’s harbor, he noted something curious: thousands of men, women and children were desperately cramming into boats and ships. That day was the final deadline for all Jews to leave the Spanish kingdom. King Ferdinand and Queen…
Chagigah Daf 13
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. Rav Acha bar Yaakov said: There…
Need a Reason to Repent?
Need a Reason to Repent? The Answer—No Matter Who You Are—Can Be Found Here The poem ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ reminds us that we can change our own character, even if we cannot completely control our future By Helen Plotkin|September 3, 2013 12:00 AM On the High Holidays, we read a poem known by its first two…
New Revelation
Themes of Shavuot (Pentecost)New Revelation One theme of Shavuot (Pentecost) is a new revelation of G-d’s will (Leviticus [Vayikra] 23:15-16,21). Two notable historical events happened on this day. The giving of the Ten Commandments or the Torah.It should be noted here that the Hebrew word Torah, commonly translated as “law” in English, does not mean “law,” but “instruction or teaching”…
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Shavuot mitzvot
Follow this link awesome study. Kineti L’Tziyon A summary of Shavuot mitzvot in the Hebrew Bible Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:53 PM PDT
Shavuot II / שבועות
Shavuot / שבועות The festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew Hebrew: שבועות, lit. “Weeks”) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire…
The Holiday of Shavuot
The Holiday of Shavuot On Shavuot, we celebrate the giving of the Torah and the centuries of commentary, debate, and conversation that followed – and continue to this day. For the last several centuries, the printed book was the best medium we had to record, transmit, and engage with Torah. The Torah introduces the momentous…
The festival of Shavuot
The festival of Shavuot, is called the Festival of the Giving of our Torah. It is also called the Festival of Harvest and the Festival of the First Fruits. Bikkurim — The First Fruits The ancient Land of Israel was predominantly an agricultural country and, therefore, the harvest was a happy time. But no…
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