Pesach Sheni Today is Pesach Sheni, Pesach Sheni 2010. The Gates of Heaven The sefarim bring in the name of the Zohar HaKadosh that during the week of Hod, which starts on Pesach Sheni, that the Gates of Heaven open up, and they announce, “Whoever didn’t succeed in making it in during the week...
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Shabbos I had an insight this Shabbos regarding a question that I have had for many years. We say in our prayers Friday night, “Likras Shabbos Lechu VeNailchah Ki Hi Mekor HaBrocho”. Doesn’t that sound very much like promoting serving the Creator “al manas lekabail pras”, in order to receive reward? That’s the reason...
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Parshas Emor In Parshas Emor we find some of the prohibitions for Kohanim. The Parsha of Emor In the Parsha of Emor we read about the prohibition for Kohanim to have contact with a mais, a dead person. The Or HaChaim HaKadosh brings from the Medrash Tanchuma, that the A’lmighty says, “it is not nice, it...
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The Seventh Day of Passover
The Seventh Day of Passover On the seventh day of Passover we celebrate the miracles that happened at Yam Suf, at the crossing of the Red Sea, the conclusion of Yetzias Mitzraim, the exodus from Egypt. These miracles indeed happened on the seventh day of Pesach then, when the Jewish people actually left Mitzraim....
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