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America – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good Nefesh B’Nefesh: The Dream Starts Here | NBN The Bad Useful idiot Term[1] invented in Soviet Russia to describe people who blindly supported the likes of Lenin and Stalin while they committed atrocity after atrocity. This term (singular: полезный дурак) was attributed to Lenin by some Russian writers, e.g., by Vladimir Bukovsky (1984).[4] […]

OU calls for Aliyah

The OU (Orthodox Union Israel) Jerusalem World Center is calling for American Jews to make Aliyah   The OU Jerusalem world Center Torah Tidbits #1196 – Va’etchanan – Nachamu OU Torah Tidbits #1196Vaetchanan-Nachamuwhole 19August2016 Lead Tidbit p.4 Read it and weep… or do something! Parshat Va’etchanan contains – among many other things – the prohibition […]

Sefirat Ha’Omer chart for 5776

Click to enlarge Click to Download the PDF version   Count-the-omeromer-count-5776 The Omer is counted every evening after nightfall, from the second night of Passover till the night before Shavuot Forgot to count the Omer at night? Count the following day, but without a blessing. On subsequent nights, continue counting with a blessing as usual.The blessing […]