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A hefty part of the Portion of Emor pertains to the Jewish holidays. Each holiday is surveyed along with its particular precepts. The discussion of the holidays begins with a preamble – [Vayikra 23:2] “Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: These are holidays… which you shall proclaim as sacred occasions” – and ends with a summary – [Vayikra 23:44] “So Moshe declared to the Israelites the holidays of G-d”. While other commandments are preceded by a preamble, precious few of them conclude with the words, “Moshe did what he was supposed to do[1]”. Why would anyone suspect that Moshe decided, for some reason known only to him,
Pesach Sheini gives us the inner strength to turn our lives around
My older sister taught me not to use the words “off the derech” when describing kids who aren’t Torah observant at the moment. She prefers “teens on a detour in life,” or perhaps more delicately, “teens taking the scenic route.”
When I was a teen many moons ago, it was common to go through what we called “idiot years,” normally around the years of 16 and 17. Today, I warn parents that “idiot years” can begin after bar or bas mitzvah. (But they needn’t worry. It almost always gets better somewhere in their late twenties!)
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The Shvil HaSanhedrin is the brainchild of veteran archaeologist and guide Dr. Chagi Amitzur
Photos: Menachem Kalish
Hike to a Higher Place
If Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Rwanda is the Country of a Thousand Hills, and if Boro Park is the Zone of 100 Pizza Shops, Eretz Yisrael is the Land of 5,000 Trails.
While there are amazing places to see all over the world, only in Eretz Yisrael does one get a mitzvah for every four amos one walks (which I try to remind kvetchy tourists about if a hike seems too long). There are trails for all types of hikers: There’s the Shvil Yisrael, a 1,000-kilometer north-south hike from Tel Dan to Eilat, and the shorter west-east Yam L’Yam trail from the Mediterranean Sea to the Kinneret. There are bike, jeep, horse and even camel trails all over the country. Yet until recently a trail that could connect and educate Jews of all backgrounds was lacking. That changed in 2018 with the introduction of the Shvil HaSanhedrin, the brainchild