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Hanukkah
חֲנֻכָּה The Hebrew word Hanukkah means “dedication.” We celebrate Hanukkah each year during the eight days from Kislev 25 through Tevet 2 (Evening of Dec 2 through evening of Dec 10th) to remember the re-dedication of the Holy Temple after it was recovered from the Syrian-Greeks during the second century BCE. The Holy Land had…
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Shema Israel
Cover you eyes with your right hand and say: Recite the following verse in an undertone: Shema Yisrael The first, pivotal, words of the Shema are, in the original Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָֽד׃, which can be transliterated: Sh’ma Yisra’el, YHVH ‘eloheinu, YHVH ‘eḥad. Rabbinic Judaism teaches that the Tetragrammaton (י-ה-ו-ה), YHVH, is…
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Ayin Bet Shemot
Orden Nombre Letras Valor nominal en Guematría Características 1 vav he vav 17 Arrepentimiento, hacer Teshuvah. Borra el pasado. Regreso al momento de la Creación. 2 yud lamed yud 50 Protección contra la muerte. Resuelve problemas psíquicos. Acerca la redención. 3 samej yud tet 79 Hacer milagros. 4 ayin lamed mem(sofit) 140 Quitar malos pensamientos.…
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Parsha Bereishis – פָּרָשָׁה בְּרֵאשִׁית
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8165/jewish/Chapter-1.htm#v=1&showrashi=true בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ In the beginning of God’s creation of the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1–6:8 פָּרָשָׁה בְּרֵאשִׁית Rashi comments: בראשית: אמר רבי יצחק לא היה צריך להתחיל [את] התורה אלא (שמות יב ב) מהחודש הזה לכם, שהיא מצוה ראשונה שנצטוו [בה] ישראל, ומה טעם פתח בבראשית, משום (תהלים קיא…
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Adam & Eve, a new twist to an old story…
B”H Here is a proposal for a partial transcription of a very interesting audio conference by Rabbi Manis Friedman, entitled: A New Twist To An Old Story Please listen to the audio in the original Chabad page: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/470789/jewish/Old-Story-New-Twist.htm Transcription begins at minute 15:49: So here is how Chassidus completes the picture and gives us the…