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"Love your neighbor as your own life" "Kimja de Pisja" has arrived, the time of the harvest, would you like to help us? 'Kimja de Pisja' can be said to be "like a Tzedaka", but still at a very high level, because through it we help those most in need to joyfully fulfill a great Mitzva: Pesach! (Chag ha Matzot) Kimja de Pisja is an ancient custom generalized in the different Jewish communities, which during the days of Nisan (This next month) each of its members is asked to contribute to "Maot Chitim" (money for wheat) according to their means....

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Pesach "skip" in memory of the special protection enjoyed by the people of Israel

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"From Moshe son of Amram, who received the Torah on Mount Sinai, until Moshe son of Maimon, author of the Mishneh Torah, there was no one like Moshe son of Maimon. Hence the famous phrase: From Moshe to Moshe there was no one like Moshe! Today, the 20th of the month of Tevet, is the Hailula of our Great Master, HaTzadik Rabenu B'Morenu Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) (1135-1204)Today we remember him through his powerful story, an incomparable Master! Maimonides was born in Cordoba, Spain, one day before Passover, on the 14th of Nissan, 1135. His father, Rabbi Maimon, was a...

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Hilula Rabi Meir, Rabi Meir -

Today, the fourteenth of the month of Iyar "Pesach Sheni" is also the Hilula of the Tana HaKadosh "Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes" We have heard and read so many times about "Rabbi Meir," and on many occasions we also give tzedaka in his name and read prayers mentioning that they be heard for his merit, but who was Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes really? Rabbi Meir was the greatest of the fourth-generation Tannaim, the most important of Rabbi Akiva's students. Rabbi Meir played an important role in the compilation of the Mishnah. Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess (Rabbi Meir, Master of Miracles)...

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The day after Rosh Hashanah, that is, the 3rd of Tishrei, we observe a fast day called: "The Fast of Gedaliah" This fast was ordered by Our Sages to remember the murder of Gedaliah Ben Ahikam, who was killed by Ishmael Ben Netanya at the instigation of the king of Ammon.  With the death of Gedaliah, the last leader of Jewish autonomy after the destruction of the first Temple in Jerusalem, thousands of people were killed, and those who remained alive were exiled. When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, destroyed the first Bet Hamikdash and exiled the people of Israel, he allowed...

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