Counting Weeks and Days
There is a Biblical Commandment to count the days between the Passover and Shavuot, the “Feast of Weeks” (a.k.a. Pentecost). We start counting on the
April 28, 2020 / 4 Iyyar 5780
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When was the World Created?
There is a dispute in the Talmud as to when the world was created. According to Rabbi Eliezer, the world was created in the month
January 25, 2016 / 15 Shevat 5776
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Two Beginnings
B’reshit bara Elokim et hashamaim v’et haaretz… In the beginning, G‑d created heaven and earth… Alternative translation: With two beginnings G‑d created heaven and earth…
October 12, 2012 / 26 Tishri 5773
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