Selichot
In addition to the unique prayer services of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the High Holidays are known for one other service: selichot. A collection of religious poems and…
Prepare For The Fast
If you would like to eat before tomorrow's fast, set your alarm to be up and finished before sunrise.
Selichot
In addition to the unique prayer services of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the High Holidays are known for one other service: selichot. A collection of religious poems and…
Last Meal
Before the fast begins at sundown, eat seudah hamafseket, a simple (1 cooked food) meal before the fast. (Many have the custom of eating hard boiled eggs and bread dipped in…
Bo 5761-2001
"The Slave Mentality" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This coming week's parasha, parashat Bo, concludes the narrative of the ten plagues by recounting the final three plagues, locusts,…
Early Morning
As on all fast days except Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av, one may wake up before sunrise to eat breakfast before the fast.
Tazria 5760-2000
"Death and Life are in the 'Hands' of the Tongue!" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This coming week's parasha, Parashat Tazria, deals mostly with the issue of Lashon Hara, speaking evil of…
B’shalach 5760-2000
"The Shira: The Source of All Song" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week's parasha, Parashat B'shalach, we encounter the shira, the song, namely the song that Moses and the…
Kedoshim 5763-2003
"Giving Proper Reproof" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week's parasha, parashat Kedoshim, we encounter the well-known Biblical dictum recorded in Leviticus 19:17: "Lo tis'nah…
Festival Part II
In honor of the final festival days* of Passover tonight, light candles just before sunset and recite kiddush (blessing over the wine) before dinner. *Passover is an 8 day holiday. The…