Shavuos: The Ultimate Encounter
Encounters | Mrs. Sara Aliza Scheinberg
Encounters | Mrs. Sara Aliza Scheinberg
Rosh Chodesh Lecture Series | Dr. Janet Snider
The two-day (outside of Israel) Festival of Shavuot begins this Sunday night and concludes on Tuesday night. (Note: There will be no Partners next Tuesday.) Shavuot, the 6th of the Hebrew month of Sivan, is the day that the Jewish…
This week, we read Behar and Bechukotai, the last two portions in the book of Vayikra. The second portion Bechukotai rests its fame on the תוכחה - the Tochacha. (No English word adequately captures the meaning of Tochacha, but its…
This week’s portion contains the mitzvah “to count the omer,” one which, at this time of the year, we are in the midst of fulfilling. Starting from the second day of Passover, we make a blessing every night for seven…
This week, because of the way that the calendar works, we read a double portion, Acharei Mot and Kedoshim (last year, for example, they came out on separate weeks). The third verse in Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:3) tells us: (ג) אִישׁ…
Rosh Chodesh Lecture Series | Mrs. Racheli Indig