Category: Vayikra

Rebbe Akiva!

(Torah Portion Behar) Rebbe Akiva! Our Sages tell us that 24,000 students of the famous Rabbi Akiva died in the days between the holidays of Pesach and Shavuos. The Talmud tells us that all of the students died from the same ailment and that they died because they did not give the proper respect to …

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TRAVEL ITINERARY

(Torah Portion Bechukosai) Travel Itinerary! When the Jews were freed from Egypt they traveled for seven days until they came to the Red Sea. The sea split for them and the Egyptians drowned bringing the Egyptian rule over the Jews to its conclusion. For the next six weeks the Jews traveled toward Mount Sinai where …

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