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Tu Bishbat is the "new year of the trees." This "new year or cycle" is an halakhic concept relevant to some commandments of the...

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It is a great Mitsva to make the groom and the bride happy (לשמח חתן וכלה). This Mitsva is fulfilled by being present in...

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This coming year, 2026, we will celebrate TU BISHBAT, the "New Year of the Trees ", Monday February 2nd.  This "new year or cycle"...

What is the Septuagint?

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On the 8th of Tebet, approximately in the year 260 b.c.e., in Alexandria, Egypt, King Ptolemy ordered 72 Jewish scholars, six for each tribe,...

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The book of Esther (Megillat Esther) records one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish people. When Haman, the powerful...

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This Mizmor (Psalm) of Tehillim is a "Tefila" (prayer) in which King David asks God to protect him from his enemies. We do not...

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Para el Faraón, todo es personal Moisés advierte al Faraón que si no libera a los judíos, Egipto comenzará a sufrir a causa de diferentes...

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A young man from Galitzia (hoy en Ucrania), named Naphtali Herz Imber, inspired by the founding of Petah Tikvah in 1878, wrote a poem...
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