by admin | Sep 1, 2024 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
As we approach the Fall Holidays this year, we also approach the anniversary of the Simchat Torah Massacre perpetrated by Hamas on the Gaza Envelope communities of Southern Israel and at the Nova music festival, and the yahrzeit of roughly 1200 victims killed in the...
by admin | May 13, 2024 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
From the second night of Passover, we begin counting up each night toward the holiday of Shavuot, defining the period known as the Counting of the Omer, or simply the Omer. Traditionally, this span of the calendar has a tone of mourning to it, though the exact origins...
by admin | Mar 18, 2024 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
The early spring holidays, Purim and Passover, are the epitome, and undoubtedly the inspiration, of that old saw: “they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat.” The two holidays celebrate victory over different approaches to destroying the Jews. The Purim story...
by admin | Dec 21, 2023 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
This year (5784) is a leap year on the Jewish calendar. This means we’ll be adding an extra month, First Adar, which begins on February 10th of the secular calendar this year. This extra month will push our holidays from being early in their range (measured against...
by admin | Oct 28, 2023 | Rabbi's Marmon's Blog
Normally, I look ahead to the time period covered by the upcoming Scroll for something to write about. On this occasion, I must address the events of the recent past, and unfolding at present. But words fail. It’s not because there is nothing to say about the terror...
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