🍷 ALL ABOUT THE FOUR CUPS OF WINE
🍇 WHY DO WE DRINK FOUR CUPS?
During the Pesach Seder, we drink four cups of wine 🍷🍷🍷🍷 (or grape juice 🧃).
The Mishnah teaches that on...
🍷 ALL ABOUT THE FIFTH CUP OF WINE
והוצאתי והצלתי וגאלתי ולקחתי ….. והבאתי
Although today, at our Seder, we drink four cups of wine 🍷🍷🍷🍷, the original ancient tradition—mentioned by the Talmud...
THE GOAL AND STRATEGY OF THE PESACH SEDER
🌙 For more than three thousand years, the night of the Seder has become the most powerful educational experience in Jewish life. Not only...
THE EIGHT MITSVOT OF PESACH
This list of eight mitzvot is based on the introduction of Maimonides to Hilkhot Pesach, and it does not include the mitzvot related to...
Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash
Pesach in the Times of the Bet HaMiqdash
Pesach was one of the most joyful and spiritually intense holidays in the life of Bene Israel...
Pesach Trivia for the Seder
One of the most helpful and practical ideas for the Seder is to prepare a list of questions at different levels.
The adult leading the...
PEQUDE: Being Honest and Looking Honest
ואת האלף ושבע המאות וחמישה ושבעים עשָה ווים לעמודים
ABOVE SUSPICION?
This week we continue reading about the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle or Temple,...
PEQUDE: Love is in the details
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה
Perhpas late… but not too late….
I think it was when I had my third child...
VAYAQHEL: Shabbat, From Fire To Cellphones
לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם ביום השבת
WHAT CANNOT BE DONE ON SHABBAT?There are 39 categories of prohibited activities on Shabbat. These activities are called...
SUMMARY OF VAYAQHEL-PEQUDE
Our Parasha begins with a reminder about the observance of Shabbat, indicating that even the construction of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan, must be suspended...
VAYAQHEL: Can You Stop Thinking About Money?
It is impossible and even inadvisable not to think about money when one lacks the essentials—food, warmth, shelter from the rain, or access to...
A thought-provoking article attributed to journalist Alister Heath from the “Daily...
by @GiladNoamHadari
There is something about Israel that disturbs people — and it isn’t exactly what they say.
They will talk about policies, settlements, borders, and...
KI TISA: How Many Days Was Moses in Mount Sinai?
The giving of the Torah took place on the sixth day of Sivan, at Ma‘amad Har Sinai, the extraordinary event when the covenant between...
KI TISSA: If you could ask God one question, what would...
THE GOLDEN CALF AND YOM KIPPUR
This week's Perasha, KI TISA addresses several issues. Among them, the episode of the golden calf. The people, impatient...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT KI TISA
THE LAST DETAILS OF THE MISHKAN
God commands Moshe to take a population census of all adult males by collecting a silver half-shekel coin from...
INTRODUCTION
Many children’s versions of Megillat Esther present the story with imaginative elements and colorful midrashic expansions that are appealing to young readers. However, this...
Vashti and Social Media
MIDRASH AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL
Midrashim and Aggadot—rabbinic interpretations of biblical texts—include a wide range of literary genres. Some are fictional narratives, others are poetic,...
SUMMARY OF TETSAVE
MENORA
HaShem commands the Israelites to use the purest olive oil each day to kindle the Menora, the golden candelabrum inside the Tabernacle.
THE GARMENTS OF...
TETSAVE: The Scent of Jerusalem
The Tora mentions the preparation of the qetoret (קטורת הסמים), translated in English as “incense,” in our Parasha Tetsave (Shemot/Exodus 30:34). Incense is a...
