The 18th day of the Jewish month of Iyar is called Lag BaOmer. What does this name mean? Lag is the Hebrew letters lamed (?) and gimel (?), which together have the numerical value of 33. BaOmer means “of the Omer”. Omer is the name of a special offering that was brought on the second […]
Rabbi Leiter Personal Story
The Talmud tells us that Purim and Pesach are adjacent to each other not only because of their calendar dates, but “…in order to place one redemption [Purim] adjacent to another [Pesach] – thirty days later on the 15th Nissan.” Both Purim and Pesach are festivals of redemption and both […]
Personal messsage from Rabbi Leiter – …G-d will do His ...
Shalom and blessings for the new month of Shevat! I have a wonderful story for you! Chana, a young orthodox woman, was staying in Jerusalem. While travelling to do a favor for a friend even though she was not feeling well, she got on an Arab bus in error and […]