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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shemini atzeret
Three-and-a-half Hakafot — Topology of Simchat Torah
Why is this night different from all other nights, asks a child on the Seder night. On this Simchat Torah I asked a different question—why
October 15, 2017 / 25 Tishri 5778
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613 Degrees of Freedom
Passover has ended. All Jews hastily return their Passover dishes to storage in special cabinets or the attic until the next Passover. After an eight-day
June 6, 2014 / 8 Sivan 5774
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