Jewish Holidays
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Seven Kavanos to Energize Sefiras HaOmer
Sefirat HaOmer
Seven Kavanos to Energize Sefiras HaOmer
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein April 21, 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
Live From the Rema’s Shul: Lag Ba’Omer Drasha 5784 – The Rema’s Compassionate Torah and Connection to the Rashbi
Lag BaOmer
Live From the Rema’s Shul: Lag Ba’Omer Drasha 5784 – The Rema’s Compassionate Torah and Connection to the Rashbi
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 30, 2024
Live From the Rema’s Kever on His Yahrtzeit, Lag Ba’Omer
Lag BaOmer
Live From the Rema’s Kever on His Yahrtzeit, Lag Ba’Omer
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein May 30, 2024
The Korban Omer and the Prohibition of Chadash
Sefirat HaOmer
The Korban Omer and the Prohibition of Chadash
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz May 30, 2024
Two Pairs of 12,000
Lag BaOmer
Two Pairs of 12,000
By Steven Genack May 30, 2024
From Lag Ba’Omer to Shavuos: Finding Meaning in the Final Countdown
Lag BaOmer
From Lag Ba’Omer to Shavuos: Finding Meaning in the Final Countdown
By Aviva Orlian May 28, 2024

Upcoming Holidays

Yom HaShoah

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Yom Hashoah: A Day of Unity
Yom HaShoah
Yom Hashoah: A Day of Unity
By Rabbi Yisroel Juskowitz April 24, 2025
Faith After the Holocaust
Yom HaShoah
Faith After the Holocaust
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks May 6, 2024
Halacha at the Time of the Shoah
Yom HaShoah
Halacha at the Time of the Shoah
By Rabbi Shai Finkelstein May 1, 2022
Yom HaShoah Message from OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah Message from OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer April 28, 2022

Upcoming Holidays

  • Yom Hazikaron
    Begins in the evening of Apr 29, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Apr 30, 2025
  • Yom HaAtzmaut
    Begins in the evening of Apr 30, 2025
    Ends in the evening of May 1, 2025
  • Lag BaOmer
    Begins in the evening of May 15, 2025
    Ends in the evening of May 16, 2025
  • 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
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Yom Hazikaron

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The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
Chanukah
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz April 27, 2023
Inspired by the People
Yom HaAtzmaut
Inspired by the People
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider and Jeremy Goldscheider May 4, 2016
His Name was Nachshon Wachsman
Yom Hazikaron
His Name was Nachshon Wachsman
By Esther Wachsman May 28, 2014
And God Said, “I Am Sorry”
Yom HaAtzmaut
And God Said, “I Am Sorry”
By Rabbi Ari Kahn April 29, 2014

Yom HaAtzmaut

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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
Israel: Home of Hope
Yom HaAtzmaut
Israel: Home of Hope
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks May 13, 2024
Eretz Yisrael: The Gift that God Keeps Giving
Yom HaAtzmaut
Eretz Yisrael: The Gift that God Keeps Giving
By Rabbi Avi Herzog April 25, 2023
Rav Soloveitchik on Yom Haatzmaut 1968
Yom HaAtzmaut
Rav Soloveitchik on Yom Haatzmaut 1968
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik April 24, 2023

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