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Friday, April 1st, 2022פרשת תזריע / כ”ט באדר ב’ תשפ”ב In the Jewish year Nisan is the 1st month & Tishri is the 7th. But the “Jewish New Year” is in Tishri. The truth is that Nisan is month when the Jewish people came into being and Tishri is the anniversary of the Creation of the world. Share […]
Travelling in Lithuania
Friday, July 10th, 2015We are travellin in Lithuania. It seems very fitting that we should be visiting this country during the Three Weeks. The Three Weeks is ythe period between the 17th of Tamuz and the 9th of Av. That is the traditional mourning period for the destruction of the Holy Temple. (The 17th of Tamuz is considered […]
Some Random Thoughts
Monday, November 17th, 2014I know that I haven’t blogged in a while. Share on Facebook
Thinking about the Ninth of Av
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010One of the things that strike me as we observe the fast is non-victim-hood of the day. What I mean is that it is true that we Jews have been victims throughout our history we have never behaved as victims. Share on Facebook
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, giving tours at the Grand Lodge of New York, being involved in Freemasonry, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then