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Ok, the Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up on the 29th of March. If you have Jews in your family or many Jewish friends, you just might receive an invitation to a Passover Seder. If so, you should be both excited and touched. This special meal is something that everyone should experience at least [...]

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Thinking about giving your loved one a lovely piece of jewelry for Valentine’s Day? Or perhaps you are thinking about asking an acquaintance to be your Valentine, and you just need that perfect gift, say, for the sake of persuasion.
Well check out what I just found!
It is a delicate 925 Sterling Silver bead necklace, with [...]

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We all know that holiday shopping time is here…we’ve been writing about it for some weeks now. The possibilities for ideas are endless, but the good stuff, the really high-quality gifts are but a dime a dozen.
A perfect place for holiday e-shopping is at MostOriginal.com Unique Gifts and a wonderful gift idea for the [...]

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Hanukkah or the Festival of Lights starts on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar – which is a lunar calendar, similar to our own. This year it will start at sundown on Saturday, the 12th of December, and it will continue for eight days until sundown of Saturday the 19th of December.
The [...]

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Hello shoppers, readers and friends! Doing your holiday shopping from home this year? So caught up in your daily affairs that you haven’t quite had a chance to pick up on what the hot items are this year? Since we are so grateful that you are reading our blog, which is becoming hotter and hotter [...]

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On November 2nd I wrote about one Kabbalah secret of Hanukkah which has to do with the parallels between the soul and the Hanukkia, or menorah, namely we talked about the brighter and darker aspect of the flame.
For this installment I want to address not the nine flames or the candles, but instead the vessel [...]

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Some may not know that there is such a thing as the National Toy Hall of Fame…but there is, and guess what just made the list? Why it’s the original Nintendo Game Boy.
The Game Boy is the best selling portable video game system ever. It has over the years entertained countless children and adults, alike. [...]

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For most of us in Western Civilization, when we think of the 25th of December, we think of Christmas Day – the day that the Savior was born. But what other kind of spiritual significance does this day hold?
Since the year 45 BCE, the Romans established the 25th as the winter solstice. Today, depending on [...]

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History gives one explanation behind the eight branches of the Hanukkah Menorah – Kabbalah gives another.
In Kabbalah, the number seven represents perfection.
That is because we see this number a lot in nature:
G-D Created the world in seven days, the Menorah in the Holy Temple had seven branches, there are seven seas, seven colors in [...]

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In Judaism the Menorah is a very important symbol. The Tabernacle in the Desert as well as the Holy Temple had in it a large golden, seven-branched candelabrum. It represented the Burning Bush which Moses saw.
During the holiday of Hanukkah, every Jewish home has a special Menorah with nine branches. Eight of the branches [...]

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