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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Gevura
The world was created and infused with different middot with which to guide and instruct human actions and choices. The time of Sefirat HaOmer is pregnant with the possibility of growth. Each week is titled with one of the 7 sefirot, levels of middot mastery, and each day has another midda attached to it. This…
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The Halachot of Sefirat HaOmer
The mitzvah of counting the Omer is a positive time-bound mitzvah from which women are exempt.
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The Omer: Counting Each Day and Making Each Day Count
The Mitzvah of counting the Omer is found in Vayikra…
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The Halachot of Chol HaMoed
These are festive days, but do not carry the restrictions of a “Yom Tov”, while still being holy, and unlike a regular weekday…
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Chametz: Emancipate Yourself from…Yourself
The month of Nisan and Passover were not only the redemption of our nation from Egypt, but began the (potential) redemption of our people in every generation…
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Breaking Free from the Chains of Reactivity: Revisiting the Meaning of Freedom
Externally, Hashem has blessed us to live as free people…
