The Book of Ruth In many synagogues the book of Ruth is read on the second day of Shavuot. There are several reasons for this custom: A) Shavuot is the birthday ..
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Why does the Torah not tell us the date we should celebrate Shavuot? Instead we have a date for Pesach and an assumption that we have basic arithmatic (not always ..
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Shavuos; The Festival of… We tend to try and look at central issues when it comes to the Festivals, and I can think of no more central an issue than the question ..
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Why does the Torah not tell us the date we should celebrate Shavuot? Instead we have a date for Pesach and an assumption that we have basic arithmatic (not always ..
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Lech emor lahem shuvu lachem l’ohaleichem (Devorim 5:27) There is a Talmudic maxim (Yevamos 97b) that ger shenisgayer k’katan shenolad dami – a non-Jew who converts ..
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When the Red Sea miraculously split and formed a protective wall for the Jewish people to walk through at the Exodus from Egypt, the Medrash records the complaints ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
Hashem commanded Moshe to speak to the Jewish men and women about accepting the Torah. This verse was immortalized by Sorah Schenirer when she coined the name “Bais ..
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Not Just a History Lesson Moshe received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua and Joshua to the Elders and the Elders to the Prophets and the Prophets ..
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Why Did the Jews Fall Asleep when the Torah was Given? It says in the Zohar (Emor 97), “The early Chassidim would not sleep on this night (of Shavuos), but would ..
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