Category Archives: Jewish Holidays

Why do we light bonfires on Lag BaOmer?

Shalom friends, this month we celebrate the Jewish Holiday: Lag Baomer. Lag Baomer is celebrated on the 33 day of the Counting of the Omer . It occurs on the 18th day of Chodesh Iyar. The Talmud states that on this day, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi), passed away. Rabbi Shimon was a Jewish commentary rabbi [...]

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Israel 64th birthday – 9 facts about Israel you should know

” The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and national identity was formed. Here they achieved independence and created a culture of national and universal significance. Here they wrote and gave the Bible to the world”… ” בארץ-ישראל קם העם היהודי, בה עוצבה דמותו הרוחנית, הדתית והמדינית, [...]

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Yom HaZikaron laShoah Ve’laG’vurah

Each year on the 27th of Nisan, the state of Israel marks the Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day, was established in 1953 by the first Prime Minister of Israel –David Ben Gurion, to remember the Holocaust and the 6 million Jews who were killed by the Nazis in Europe during World War II. This year, [...]

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