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  • Reliving Sinai Each Year in BrooklynShavuot was a weeks-long experience in the Rebbe’s court Read More
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Birmingham, AL 35223
Light Candles at
7:32 PM  -  Friday, May 29
Shabbat Ends
8:33 PM  -  Shabbat, May 30
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The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Truth From the Ground Up
When the Creator came to create the human being, Truth said, "Do not create him, for he is full of lies. Kindness said, "Create him, for he will do acts of kindness." What did the Creator do? He cast Truth earthward, and created the human being. That is why it says, "Truth will sprout from the earth."—Midrash Rabba Every argument in Torah can be reduced to the same crucial question: Do we follow rigid, immutable truth, regardless? Or do we take into account the particulars of this situation? Do we look only from above-down, or do we take the view from below as...
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