Counting the Omer: Laws, Blessings, Customs, and Meaning Explained
A practical guide to the mitzvah of counting the Omer, including timing, blessings, missed days, and customs for men, women, and children
A practical guide to the mitzvah of counting the Omer, including timing, blessings, missed days, and customs for men, women, and children
Rabbi Moshe Aharon Stern chose to pray on time instead of chasing a donation. What happened later showed the powerful reward of putting Hashem first.
When an entire department began suffering leg pain, a clerk sought Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky’s advice and received an answer no one expected.
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The doctors said nothing more could be done. Then thousands of Jews accepted one commitment in the synagogue and the results were extraordinary.
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When a Viennese doctor warned Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam that smoking was harmful, he immediately stopped — citing the Torah’s command to guard one’s health
Reb Moshe Stern refused to take payment for a refrigerator repair just before Shabbat. Soon afterward, an unexpected chain of events transformed his small business.
As the Nazis burned Jewish books across Europe, Rabbi Lipa Liush hid his Talmud beneath his floor to ensure Torah would survive
A blessing for healing and the Lubavitcher Rebbe's profound insight into emotional attentiveness, marriage, and wellbeing
After a shocking prank led to his expulsion, one boy made a desperate request that left the rabbi and teachers speechless.
She made sure Kaddish was said for souls with no one to remember them. Years later, one of those souls came back to repay her.
A wealthy businessman attended a Jewish seminar, but no lecture moved him. One child who refused a piece of chocolate showed him what Judaism really means.
He could not understand a single page of Gemara. Then Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky agreed to learn with him every week for years.
A moving collection of true stories about how Rabbi Ben Tzion Pelman zt"l raised his children with joy and love, and why learning with them mattered more than anything.
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