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שבת שלום!

May you have a peaceful and blessed Shabbat!

Please Pray for peace and safety across Israel.

Pesach starts Monday Evening!

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Parashat Metzora

(Infected One)

TORAH READING

Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33

Shabbat HaGadol: Malachi 3:4-24

In this Torah portion, God describes the purification ritual for people and homes afflicted with skin diseases. God also instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the laws of the emission of bodily fluids.

FULL SUMMARY HAFTARAH SUMMARY

#Parashat Metzora #Torah #Judaism #Jewish

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Rabbi Benji's Weekly Thought - Metzora

Shabbat Shalom, Gossip Girl.

#Torah #Metzora #Judaism #Youtube

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Rabbi Benny's Hilarious Torah Thought - The One With the Mafioso - Metzorah

When the Metzorah is ready to be purified and integrated back into society, does he travel to the Kohen, or does the Kohen come to him? In yet another hilarious Torah thought, find out the timeless lesson of the Torah which teaches us the two different aspects and approaches to living a better, more G-dly life.

#Parashat Metzora #Torah #Judaism #Youtube

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Jewish Pride Always

Pesach Begins April 22.

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GREAT SHABBAT

The Shabbat before Passover, known as Shabbat HaGadol, features special customs such as reading part of the Passover Haggadah (from “We were slaves” until “to atone for all of our sins.”) Traditionally, rabbis speak to their congregations on this day about the laws of Passover and how to properly observe them. But what does it mean that this Shabbat is Gadol (usually translated as “great")? The Sfas Emes (Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter 1847-1905) analyzes the word Gadol by comparing duties of a Kohen (Priest) and a Kohen Gadol (High Priest). When a Kohen starts his career of performing the sacrificial service in the Holy Temple, he must bring a special meal-offering. The Kohen Gadol brings this special sacrifice every day that he serves. We can thereby deduce that one difference between a Kohen Gadol and a regular Kohen is that the former must re-dedicate himself to the Temple service every day. The Ohr Gedalyahu (Rabbi Gedalia Schorr, 1910-1979) concludes from this that the word Gadol implies not only greatness but renewal. Shabbat HaGadol is a time to renew ourselves, to re-dedicate ourselves to spiritual service in preparation for Passover. During the Seder and throughout the holiday, we are instructed to flatten our ego (like matzah) and be thankful to God for bringing us from slavery to freedom. This Shabbat HaGadol, may we be like the Kohen Gadol, and dedicate ourselves anew to serving the Holy One!

Image: Kohen, Kohen Gadol and a Levite (C. Foster, 1873).

#Shabbat HaGadol #Pesach #Judaism

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#Blessed Friday #Jummah Mubarak #Shabbat Shalom #Blessed Sunday

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How Passover customs differ from one community to another

Passover begins on the night of 22 April, when Jews around the world sit down to the Seder, the ceremonial telling of the Exodus from Egypt. Communities follow remarkably similar customs at Passover, but there are differences, as Chabad explains. (With thanks: Leon)

Egyptian Haggadah in Hebrew and Arabic1. Avoiding Beans and Rice: While it is well known that Ashkenazim universally avoid eating beans, legumes, corn and rice on Passover (this class of food is called kitniyot), not everyone knows that many Sephardic communities keep (some or all of) this custom as well. For example, Moroccans do not eat rice but do eat beans. Conversely, some Bukharian Jews do eat rice but do not eat beans or peas.Read: Why So Many Jews Don’t Eat Beans and Rice on Passover2. Eating Soft, Chewy Matzah:It’s fascinating to note that some Sephardic communities still bake soft matzah, which is significantly thicker than the cracker-like variety that has become virtually universal in recent centuries.3. Dipping in Lemon Juice: The most common custom these days is to dip the vegetable (karpas) in saltwater. However, some Jews, such as those from Kurdistan, traditionally dip it into sour lemon juice instead!4. Passing the Afikomen: Among the Jews of the Holy Land, there is a custom to take the afikomen and wrap it in a white cloth. This is placed on the right shoulder and transferred to the left shoulder. It is thus passed around the table from one to the next, with the last one to receive it reciting the verse: “Their kneading trays were bound in cloths on their shoulders.”That person then takes four paces and is asked: “Where have you come from?” to which they respond: “From Egypt.” “And where are you going?” “To Jerusalem.”Then all raise their voices and declare together: “Next year in Jerusalem!”Read: Why Do Some People Hide the Afikomen?5. Asking the Four Questions in Arabic: There’s no getting around the fact that the Seder is essentially a conversation, with the children asking questions and the Seder leader providing the answers—which is why many people say (parts of) the Seder in Arabic, Ladino, Farsi, or even English. So if you’d been a Jewish child in Yemen or Syria a generation or two ago, in all likelihood you would have learned to say the Four Questions in Judeo-Arabic.Read: The Four Questions in Nine Languages6. Waving the Seder Plate: Those using the Haggadah as recorded by Maimonides begin with the words, Bibhilu yatzanu miMitzayim, “We left Egypt in a great hurry.” Many Moroccans have the custom of saying these words again and again, each time waving the Seder plate over the head of another person at the Seder. Only after everyone has had the Seder plate waved over their heads, do they continue with Hay lachma anya, “This is the bread of suffering … ”Read: The Passover Seder Plate7. Having the Kids Symbolically Leave Egypt: Many have the custom to give each child a bundle of matzah to drape over their shoulders and then take part in the following exchange (in Arabic):

Where are you from? From Egypt

Where are you going?

What do you carry?

Read: 14 Facts About Syrian Jews8. Watch Out for Those Scallions!

Among many Persian Jews, a favorite part of the Seder is playfully whipping each other with scallions. Why? To remember how the Jews were beaten by their Egyptian masters. Plus, it’s a great way to keep the kids awake and involved!

Read: 10 Facts About Persian Jews9. Smearing the Charoset on the Doorpost: Among some Moroccan Jews, it is customary to take some of the charoset left over after the Seder and smear it on the doorpost. It has been postulated that this is to recall the smearing of the blood on the Jewish doorposts back on the night of the Exodus (the very first Seder), as well as in anticipation of the Messianic era when, (according to the Book of Ezekiel,) sacrificial blood will be smeared on the doorway of the Holy Temple.1Read: 19 Facts About Moroccan Jews10. Announcing Moshiach to the Neighbors: If you were from Djerba, you may be accustomed to having one of your neighbors walk through the neighborhood with the afikomen tied up on his back, calling out, “Moshiach, son of David, is on his way!”May it happen soon!Read: 15 Moshiach Facts11. Gathering for Mimouna After Passover:

Moufleta pancakes and sweets at a Mimouna

After Passover concludes, Moroccan Jews hold a special celebration called mimouna. People visit each other’s homes to enjoy elaborately set tables, especially a crepe called moufleta.

The word mimouna means “luck.” On Passover, many people do not eat at each other’s homes since not everyone has the same standards. The post-Passover socialization demonstrates that there are no hard feelings.

Read article in full

#Jews of Morocco #Jews of Yemen/ Aden #Judeo-Arab culture #Judeo-Farsi culture

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My heart aches thinking about Liri and the 132 hostages still held in captivity, enslaved, tortured and violated.

Please let them go back home by this passover, please bring them back out of hell.

Hen Mazzig

#Israel #October 7 #Hamas Hidnappers #Hamas Massacre #Hostages #Pesach #BringThemHomeNow

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SHABBAT ✡️✡️ SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ✡️✡️ for those in ISRAEL 

via ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting the World to Israel in Realtime

(( Note Israel Realtime does not post updates on Shabbat (Israel time) UNLESS life threatening / saving. ))

Chief Rabbinute instructions with Risk Adjustments

📖Erev Shabbat - Shabbat HAGADOL - Parshat Metzora: Leviticus 14:2, discussing the laws of ritual purity.

🍞SELL your Chametz, Passover is almost here! -> https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/sell_chometz_cdo/sc/passover_home_button

🔅Shabbat Times here -> https://www.myzmanim.com/search.aspx

⚠️RISK - WHOLE COUNTRY - MEDIUM-HIGH due to possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran or their proxies, and such attacks may be large if they occur.  Precautions REQUIRED, know your shelter options at synagogue, school, work and home - and at the store or mall or what actions to take if out in the open, at the beach or park.

❗️Don’t panic, however some preparations would be wise.  Home Front Command -> https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15903-en/pakar.aspx (link only works in Israel)

➡️ MAMAD LIGHTS ON… leave the lights on, on Shabbat,  so if there is an alert you don’t have to turn them on.

➡️ TAKE A PHONE WITH YOU… when sheltering or leave one on in the shelter.  If you must call for help, have a way to do so quickly.

➡️ LEAVE ON AN ALERT METHOD… Leave on silent channel or stream on computer or phone, or alert app. 

❗️DUE TO GPS JAMMING, alert apps must be set to specific city instead of ‘current location’.

➡️ SAFE TO GO TO SYNAGOGUE? - Follow instructions of Homefront Command and your City!

— HIGH Risk - only go to a synagogue that has, or preferably is in, a shelter.  Otherwise pray at home.

— MEDIUM Risk - best to only go to a synagogue that has or is near a shelter. Where is it?  Have a ‘when there is a siren’ plan in mind.

— LOW Risk - there will possibly be sirens, what’s your plan?  Have one or choose another synagogue.

➡️ PLAN YOUR SHELTER PATH TO/FROM SYNAGOGUE - If an alert goes off en route, where will you go to be protected if on the way?

➡️ IN SYNAGOGUE, WHERE IS THE SHELTER?  Does it have capacity? - If an alert goes off in synagogue, KNOW where you will go.  Walk over and check the path and capacity.

➡️ ARE YOU SLOW?  - In High Risk areas, stay home.  Medium and Low risk, have a plan if there is a siren.

➡️ CHILDREN?  Discuss with your children what to do in case there is a siren.  Leave young children at home in High risk areas.

➡️ CARRY YOUR WEAPON.

— If you have a gun license, it is a MITZVAH to carry your gun on Shabbat, even without an eruv. 

— Try to have AT LEAST one armed person in every synagogue.

— Have Pepper spray? Or a Knife (small size, approx. width of palm, as allowed by law)? Carry it - we all remain at risk of terror attacks. (Note pepper spray, knives etc will not be allowed to enter govt offices, hospitals, malls or any security controlled site, and your workplace may require you to register.)

➡️ IF SIRENS, SHELTER EVEN IF IN AMIDAH

— If sirens are heard in the middle of the Amidah, one must go to the shelter.  After, restart Amidah from the beginning (others rule to start from where you stopped). 

— Can’t get to shelter, LAY DOWN, all the way, hands on head (reduces risk by 80%).

— As per Homefront Command, wait AT LEAST 5 minutes (Homefront says 10) before exiting shelter or getting up.

➡️ HAVE A PHONE AVAILABLE

— Every synagogue needs a PHONE ON for immediate use on Shabbat.  And with a red alert app in case it is hard to hear sirens.

— You may carry and keep a cell phone on in your pocket.  Set to silent, and set red alert apps to “override silent mode”.

➡️ DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL POLICE !! - If anything suspicious, CALL POLICE immediately!  Dial 100

➡️ ALL INSTRUCTIONS FROM HOME FRONT COMMAND and your City must be strictly obeyed.  If instructed to shut yourself in, do not leave the house even for prayer.

It is a mitzvah to take actions to protect and save and preserve life on Shabbat, not a violation.  But ONLY actions which do so.

#Israel #October 7 #Hamas Massacre #Gaza #Israel/HamasWar #Real Time Updates #Shabbat

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I don't care what they say, cleaning the cookie crumbs inside the kid's sock drawers together does not count as a date!

asher.creates.stuff

#bringbacktheromance #passover #pesach #jewish #jews #judaism #jewishhumor #cartoon #photoshop #digital illustration

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ajedelman

Who's ready for Passover?

#Passover #Pesach #Judaism

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🟥🟥 Fri morning - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

🔹SELL your Chametz online here. Passover is almost here! -> https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/sell_chometz_cdo/sc/passover_home_button

🔴 ISRAEL STRIKES IRAN - IN A PINPOINT WAY .. fog of war, info unclear, various reports…

A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Israeli missiles have hit a military site in Iran near an Iranian nuclear facility. 

Fars Agency: "Explosions were heard near Isfahan Airport and the Ashtam Shakri base.” (Approx. 200 km from the top of the Persian Gulf.).  Iranian reports: there were 3 explosions in Isfaya, and the force of the explosions shook the area.

Israel’s early morning retaliatory strike, however, appeared to be “limited,” a military source told Fox News.  No statements out of Israel.

Many Iranian residents have documented explosions in various areas of Iran using suicide drones.  Iran is currently denying.

Attacks in Syria and Iraq as well.  Reports of loud explosions heard in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.  In Syria reports of attacks on airports in Yizraa, Al-Talaa, and a radar station by Karpa.

Conflicting reports if attack was on Iran air base, or on nearby Iranian nuclear development facility.

US “unnamed officials” say 9 sites in Iran were struck.

All flights in Iran halted except for military.

Based on “reports from Iran and the US”, this is a limited and targeted attack on the Hastam Shikari air force base near Isfahan, a base that took part in the attack against Israel last week. 

One Summary: IDF jets hit radars in southern Syria, in Iraq by Baghdad, clearing the path to attacks near Iranian nuclear military facilities in Isfaya.

Iran reports a few drone shoot-downs.

⚠️ NO CHANGES IN HOME FRONT INSTRUCTIONS.. within Israel there have been no changes in instructions for civilians at this time.

⚠️ US REPEATS WARNING TO PERSONNEL IN ISRAEL.. The US warns its citizens in Israel not to leave the Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva area.

⚠️ IRAN ALERT.. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards declare a state of maximum alert in all their bases and military camps throughout Iran.  Emergency meeting of the War Council.

▪️MERON RADAR BASE DAMAGED.. IDF confirms: damage of ​​the air control base on Mount Meron.  Censorship allowed publication after Hezbollah uploaded a video of the attack.

▪️AUSTRALIA - RUN AWAY!  The Australian government calls on its citizens to leave Israel and the Palestinian territories: "The security situation is rapidly deteriorating.”

▪️COUNTER-TERROR - SAMARIA - TULKARM.. Arabs report the activity of IDF forces in a number of houses in the Manshiya neighborhood in the Noor al-Shams, Tulkarm.  Terrorists detonated a powerful bomb at a military bulldozer during the activity of IDF forces in the Noor al-Shams, no casualties.  Major firefight.

▪️US VETO’S UN RESOLUTION FOR PALESTINIAN MEMBERSHIP.. The Palestinian Presidency condemns the use of the US veto to prevent the State of Palestine from receiving full membership in the United Nations.​​​​

▪️RUSSIA REQUESTS UN TO SANCTION ISRAEL.. Russia's permanent representative to the UN Security Council, Vassily Nebenzia, said that the council should urgently consider imposing sanctions against Israel for disobeying the Gaza ceasefire resolution during Ramadan. (( but not for Hamas in not returning the hostages, as also stated. ))

▪️ECONOMY - RATING DOWNGRADE.. S&P downgraded Israel's credit rating due to political and security instability.

▪️AID DROP MISSES.. again, feeding the fish as it dropped into the sea.

🔻ROCKETS - from Islamic Jihad (Gaza) - at Ashkelon, Mefalsim, Nir Am Shooting Range 

🔻ROCKETS - from Hezbollah - at Ma'ayan Baruch, Beit Hillel, HaGoshrim, Margaliot, Kiryat Shmona, 

🔻DRONES - from Hezbollah - at Avivim, Ramat Dalton Industrial Zone, Baram, Jish (Gush Halav), Dalton, Yir'on, Kerem Ben Zimra, Alma, Rehaniya 

#Israel #October 7 #Hamas Massacre #Gaza #Israel/HamasWar #Real Time Updates

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Israel struck back at Iran on Khamenei's birthday!

#Israel #Iran

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#Israel #Iran

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