Make Your Days Count
It was the second night of Pesach. The congregation had just finished their silent Shemoneh Esrei. The chazzan was about to continue the service. Suddenly, Boruch hurried across the shul toward Shimon.
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Shabbos and Yom Tov
Sefiras HaOmer
Counting the Omer and the days between Pesach and Shavuos.
Hair-Raising Thoughts
Male pattern baldness is a common experience for many men. Some individuals embrace their baldness and even display signs in their office, like “G-d created a few perfect heads.
Only In Omerica
A number of years ago, the New York Post ran an article with the headline “$1 Million Parties: Have NYC bar mitzvahs gone too far?” The article quoted several examples of bar and bat mitzvah celebrations that were over…
Making Our Days Count
There is a widespread custom that men stay up the entire Shavuos night and learn Torah. Of course the entire night really isn’t that long.
Gemara stories on Sefiras HaOmer
Rav Chaim Kanievsky Tells a Childless Man: Get a Haircut
A long-haired man with earrings asks Rav Chaim Kanievsky for a blessing for children. Rav Chaim tells him to cut his hair, but only after Sefiras HaOmer, and a child follows.