Lurianic Leil Shavuos

1-Start the Tikun asap (minimize socializing all night long)

2-Use Tikun of Arizal only

3-Stay on your feet after midnight

4-After the Tikun learn Zohar and/or Kabbala and/or deep Chassidus (ideally Baal Shem Tov/Imrei Emes)

5-After midnight, say all the birchos hashachar except netilas yadayim to be said after mikveh

6-Mikveh shortly before dawn and say “Naaseh v’Nishma”

7-Don’t go to sleep until after Musaf

8-Savor Akdamus (prepare in advance)

9-Kavanas Ayeh during kedusha of Musaf (pinnacle of 50 days of avoda)

10-Dairy kiddush/meal (blood of yetzias Mitzrayim has become milk of Binah)

11-If possible, walk to the Kosel and to Dovid HaMelech

12-Learn Tehillim during the day (at least perek 119)

13-Live the entire year hassle free!

Yaakov Simcha

Yaakov Simcha

Took a letter from Eliyahu

Why the letter vav?

Why are five relocated?

How does this guarantee the announcement of our redemption?

Why specify Yaakov’s sons?

How does this trigger Hashem’s זכרון?

Shavua Tov

Lag Like A Pro

Lag Like A Pro

1-Go to Meron

2-Eat matza, turkey and drink Israeli wine

3-Be happy like Rashbi

4-Take a few snips at a youngster’s first haircut

5-Ignite fires of all shapes and sizes

6-Throw kvitlach and tefillos in, not hot dogs and marshmallows

7-Throw perfectly good clothing in too

8-Shoot a bow and arrow in all six directions

9-Learn the meaning of the three Lag songs. Sing and dance them repeatedly

10-Greet others with “A guten moed”

11-Learn Idra Zuta and Tikun 33

12-Call out to Hashem, “למה נגרע”, throughout the day

13-Shofars all around

14-Trust Hashem like Rashbi

15-Thank Hashem for Rashbi

Is Today Pesach Sheni?

Is Today Pesach Sheni?

Depends who you ask

Is today Chesed sheb’Hod?

Depends who you ask

What’s today’s avoda?

Depends who you ask

Who should you ask?

Depends who you ask

Thank Hashem you have to to ask

Kohanim Get Special Treatment

Kohanim Get Special Treatment

דברים שבקדושה and tzoraas cases

Obviously distinguished

Beyond the Beis Hamikdash

The mitzora must be seen

In person

The Kohen’s eyes

And his words

Govern the state

Of tzoraas

How does וקדשתו grant

The Kohen this authority ?

The Eighth Day Of The Omer

The Eighth Day Of The Omer

Parshas Shemini

Focus on kedusha today

Sevens bring tahara

Eights kedusha

Eliyahu haNavi is metaher

Moshiach mekadesh

Wash your hands for tahara

Lift them toward your head for kedusha

Channel your emunah into your actions

Today make a kiddush Hashem

Sefiras HaOmer

Sefiras HaOmer

Purifies as you count

And sanctifies

If you count multiple times daily

Women don’t count

The Omer

They’ve got their own count

So does a zav

Why don’t they count verbally?

And why not count mutiple times daily?

Avram Gets A Heh

Avram Gets A Heh

And shares it with the world

Only the Jews

Perpetuate לשם–ה

Five tzaddikim

To each his own heh

Each one the key to escape

One of five kinds of Mitzrayim

Each heh

Spelled three different ways

איה

Fifteen steps

To Eliyahu

My Four Sons

My Four Sons

Have seven parents

Three fathers

Four mothers

Three matzos

Four cups of wine

Only one gets divided

שהקדוש ברוך הוא חשב את הקץ

The matza of Yitzchok

קץ חי

The matza of Binah

One part קץ

One part חי

Which is which?

Now there are four

Like the cups

Of Binah

Chazal Speak Of ארבע פרשיות

Chazal Speak Of ארבע פרשיות

Regarding both Adar and tefillin

The month of Naftoli

Who holds Meron in his territory

’אדיר במרום ה

Parshas HaChodesh corresponds with קדש לי כל בכור

קדש נפתלי

The letter Yud from Havaya

And רבי אלעזר בן ערך

מעיין המתגבר

The key to חירות

Is to connect the four

קרית ארבע היא חברון

האבות הקדושים