TU BISHBAT, understanding why you need a new year for trees
Tu Bishbat is the "new year of the trees." This "new year or cycle" is an halakhic concept relevant to some commandments of the...
The seven days of celebration
It is a great Mitsva to make the groom and the bride happy (לשמח חתן וכלה). This Mitsva is fulfilled by being present in...
How do we celebrate the 15th of Shebat
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?
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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ESTHER 3:8. When All Jews Were Persian
The book of Esther (Megillat Esther) records one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish people. When Haman, the powerful...
TEHILIM 17: How do you say in Hebrew “good heart”?
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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Moisés advierte al Faraón que si no libera a los judíos, Egipto comenzará a sufrir a causa de diferentes...
YOM HAATZMAUT: From Tikvatenu to Hatikva
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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In chapter 4 of Megillat Esther we find the first reactions of the Jews to the edict that...
YOM HAZIKARON: 23,320 z’l
Israel Independence Day, YOM HA'ATZMAUT, will begin BH tonight. It celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 (5708),...
Jews and Candles
We are celebrating the holiday of Hanukka. And whenever this festival approaches, I reflect on one important question: what does it mean to be...
