Jewish Holidays
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Lag B’Omer: Can You Shave and Take Haircuts Tonight?
Lag BaOmer
Lag B’Omer: Can You Shave and Take Haircuts Tonight?
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 15, 2025
The Text of Sefirat HaOmer
Lag BaOmer
The Text of Sefirat HaOmer
By Rabbi Yossi Goldin May 15, 2025
Lag B’omer: Rashbi as Shimon Ben Yaakov to Rectify Mechiras Yosef
Lag BaOmer
Lag B’omer: Rashbi as Shimon Ben Yaakov to Rectify Mechiras Yosef
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 15, 2025
Lag B’omer: Shooting the Bow and Arrow on the Day the Mabul Began?
Lag BaOmer
Lag B’omer: Shooting the Bow and Arrow on the Day the Mabul Began?
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 15, 2025
En Fuego: Lag Ba’Omer
Lag BaOmer
En Fuego: Lag Ba’Omer
By Harry Rothenberg May 15, 2025
The Secret to Staying Alive and Other Historic Drashos Given on Lag B’Omer
Lag BaOmer
The Secret to Staying Alive and Other Historic Drashos Given on Lag B’Omer
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 5, 2025
Mythbusting Lag B’Omer
Lag BaOmer
Mythbusting Lag B’Omer
By Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq. June 21, 2024
Live From Krakow on Lag Ba’Omer: Another Connection Between the Rema and Rashbi
Lag BaOmer
Live From Krakow on Lag Ba’Omer: Another Connection Between the Rema and Rashbi
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 30, 2024

Upcoming Holidays

Sefirat HaOmer

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Lag B’Omer: Can You Shave and Take Haircuts Tonight?
Lag BaOmer
Lag B’Omer: Can You Shave and Take Haircuts Tonight?
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 15, 2025
Counting for What?
Sefirat HaOmer
Counting for What?
By Rabbi Shai Finkelstein May 15, 2025
The Text of Sefirat HaOmer
Lag BaOmer
The Text of Sefirat HaOmer
By Rabbi Yossi Goldin May 15, 2025
Lag B’omer: Rashbi as Shimon Ben Yaakov to Rectify Mechiras Yosef
Lag BaOmer
Lag B’omer: Rashbi as Shimon Ben Yaakov to Rectify Mechiras Yosef
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 15, 2025

Upcoming Holidays

  • Yom Yerushalayim
    Begins in the evening of May 25, 2025
    Ends in the evening of May 26, 2025
  • Shavuot
    Begins in the evening of Jun 1, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Jun 3, 2025
  • Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz

    Begins in the morning of Jul 13, 2025

    Ends in the evening of Jul 13, 2025
  • Fast of Tisha B'Av
    Begins in the evening of Aug 2, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Aug 3, 2025
  • Tu B'Av
    Begins in the evening of Aug 8, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Aug 9, 2025
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Yom Yerushalayim

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Yerushalayim: The City of Connection
Yom Yerushalayim
Yerushalayim: The City of Connection
By Rabbi Yossi Goldin June 6, 2024
Saying Hallel on Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim with or without Bracha
Yom HaAtzmaut
Saying Hallel on Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim with or without Bracha
By Rabbi Hershel Billet May 23, 2024
Earthshattering Insights Into the Avodah of Yom HaKippurim
Yom Yerushalayim
Earthshattering Insights Into the Avodah of Yom HaKippurim
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein September 26, 2023
Sanctity Spreads from the Holy Mount (Eretz Chefetz 4:3)
Yom Yerushalayim
Sanctity Spreads from the Holy Mount (Eretz Chefetz 4:3)
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider May 16, 2023

Shavuot

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Shavuot: Chag Matan Torah?
Shavuot
Shavuot: Chag Matan Torah?
By Rabbi Shai Finkelstein May 15, 2025
Z’man Matan Torateinu: Insights from CB Neugroschl
Shavuot
Z’man Matan Torateinu: Insights from CB Neugroschl
By OU Staff May 13, 2025
Preparing For Kabbalas Hatorah: The Vilna Gaon’s Devotion to Talmud Torah
Shavuot
Preparing For Kabbalas Hatorah: The Vilna Gaon’s Devotion to Talmud Torah
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 8, 2025
From Mount Sinai to Ancient Persia: The Link Between Shavuot and Purim
Purim
From Mount Sinai to Ancient Persia: The Link Between Shavuot and Purim
By engela May 4, 2025

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