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Believe in Yourself

On August 4, 2023 0 Comments - Chabad

Sometimes you look at yourself in the mirror and you feel unqualified. You know yourself, your failures and your faults, and you don’t feel like you could be a model for others.

You say, “I should teach others? I should provide guidance?!”

So we tell you, “Yes. Because that is your place upon this planet: We live in a time when all those who know Alef must teach Alef and those who know what comes after Alef must teach that too.”

“And G‑d Above, who formed you and put you in the here and now, He knows who you are and how you are and what you are capable of accomplishing. If He believes in you, you must as well.”

Teach others and become

Behaalotecha in a Nutshell – Texts & Summaries –

On June 8, 2023 0 Comments - Chabad

6/8/23, 9:35 PM Behaalotecha in a Nutshell – Texts & Summaries – Parshah
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Behaalotecha in a Nutshell
Numbers 8:1–12:16


The name of the Parshah, “Behaalotecha,” means “When you raise” and it is found in Numbers 8:2.
Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service
in the Sanctuary.
A “Second Passover” is instituted in response to the petition “Why should we be deprived?” by a group of
Jews who were unable to bring the Passover offering in its appointed time because they were ritually impure.
G‑d instructs Moses on the procedures for Israel’s journeys and encampments in the desert, and the people
journey in formation from Mount Sinai, where they had been camped for nearly a year.
The people are dissatisfied with their “bread from heaven” (the manna), and demand that Moses supply them with
meat. Moses appoints 70 elders, to whom he imparts of his spirit, to assist him in the burden of governing the
people. Miriam speaks negatively of Moses, and is punished with leprosy; Moses prays for her healing, and the
entire community waits seven days for her recovery.
Learn: Behaalotecha in Depth
Browse: Behaalotecha Parshah Columnists
Prep: Devar Torah Q&A for Behaalotecha
Read: Haftarah in a Nutshell

 
 
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No Bad Talk

On November 26, 2022 0 Comments - Chabad

Tzvi Freeman

Rosh Hashanah / Yom Teruah

On September 11, 2021 0 Comments - Chabad

Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah

The Secular Jewish New Year/Biblically The Day of Blowing (Shofar)

Rosh Hashanah is the Secular Jewish New Year. Jews traditionally see it as the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.

Rosh Hashanah is, traditionally for Jews, the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. It begins at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1 (Sept. 6, 2021) and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2 (Sept. 8, 2021). Biblically, however, this day is the Day of Blowing the Shofar set by YaHVaH. The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is blowing the shofar (ram’s horn) on both mornings of the holiday (except on Shabbat), which is normally done in synagogue as part of the day’s services but may be done elsewhere for those who cannot attend.

● The Torah refers to this day as Yom Teruah (Day of Shofar Blowing).1

The first 30 blasts of the shofar are blown following the Torah reading during morning services. As many as 70 to 100 more blasts may occur later in the morning. It is common to hear the Shofar all day.

Rosh Hashanah feasts traditionally include round challah bread (studded with raisins) and apples dipped in honey, as well as other foods that symbolize our wishes for a sweet year.

Other Rosh Hashanah observances include candle lighting in the evenings and desisting from creative work.

Together with Yom Kippur (which follows 10 days later), it is part of the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe, or High Holidays). Read more about Rosh Hashanah

Fast of Esther

On February 26, 2021 0 Comments - Chabad
 

The Fast of Esther: What, Why and How

 

The Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther) is a dawn-to-nightfall fast held on the day before the jolly holiday of Purim. It commemorates the fasting of our ancestors in response to the dramatic chain of events that occurred during their exile in the Persian empire. These events are recorded in the Book of Esther, and the salvation that came about at that time is celebrated on the holiday of Purim. (Click here to find out what times the Fast of Esther starts and ends in your location.)

This year the Fast of Esther is held on February 25, 2021