27 Apr CORONA DIARY #29: LESSONS FROM LAG BA’OMER LEGENDS

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The festival of Lag Ba’omer revolves around two celebrated personalities – Rebbi Akiva and his talmid, Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai. These two legends lived through the dark period of Roman...

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27 Apr LAG BA’OMER CAMPFIRE CAKE

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INGREDIENTS: Chocolate Iced Cake Yellow, Red, & Orange hard candy Rolled wafer cookies   DIRECTIONS: As we won’t be having any lag B’Omer gatherings with bonfires and activities this year - make this adorable campfire cake....

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27 Apr GETTING TO KNOW: NEW YORK KNICKS ALL STAR JULIUS RANDLE

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It’s been a while since anyone wrote that the New York Knicks are the hottest team in the NBA, but the Knicks are definitely a huge surprise this year. A...

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20 Apr A REBBE’S BLESSING TO ELI WIESEL: THE COURAGE TO START ALL OVER

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The Torah states in the weekly portion (Acharei Mot) that the High Priest had a special set of garments he donned on Yom Kippur. It was unlike the garments he...

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20 Apr BHA”B

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In two locations [Masechtos Kiddushin (81a) and Bava Kama (82a)], Tosefos mentions the minhag of fasting on the first Monday, Thursday, and following Monday of the months of Marcheshvon and...

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20 Apr HALACHICALLY SPEAKING: CUSTOMS DURING SEFIRA PART 2

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The last article dealt with many of the customs regarding certain activities during sefira. In this article we will continue to deal with other customs regarding sefira. For example: Are...

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20 Apr ACHREI-MOT/KEDOSHIM- WE ALWAYS NEED TO KEEP GOING

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The Mishnah teaches us in Pirkeh Avot (1:13), אלד†ףיסי†≠ףיסומ†– “one who does not increase, diminishes.” In other words, if we are not moving forward, then we are moving backwards. If...

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20 Apr INCOMPLETE KEDUSHA

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All human beings were created b’tzelem Elokim and one of the mitzvos of the Torah (in parshas Ki Savo) is “v’holacto bidrochov”, i.e. to preserve that tzelem elokim which was...

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20 Apr DID THIS YEAR KNOCK YOU DOWN OR SAVE YOUR LIFE?

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Recently, those watching the men’s NCAA basketball tournament game between Gonzaga and USC saw something that made them gasp, and it wasn’t any play on the court. In the corner...

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20 Apr PARASHAT AHAREH-MOT: THE IMPACT OF OUR ACTIONS

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The Torah in Parashat Ahareh-Mot presents the prohibition against the consumption of animals’ blood, and explains that this is forbidden because the animal’s “Nefesh” (“soul”) is in its blood. Why did...

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