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Plus: Antisemitism Rises, NCSY Responds PARSHAT TAZRIA-METZORA May 2-3, 2025 / 5 Iyar 5785  FEATURED The WZC Elections – Make Sure Everyone in Your Family Votes You voted for Slate 5 in the 2025 World Zionist Congress Elections – but has the rest of your family done the same? Your vote had tremendous impact and will make sure our communities' voices are well represented at the table of influence. Until voting ends on May 4th, you have the ability to multiply that power when you ask the eligible members of your family to do the same. Ask your family members to vote now for OIC-Mizrachi – Slate 5 Emerging Career Professionals Event Draws Nearly 140 Women Emerging Career Professionals Manhattan's Moise Safra Center was abuzz earlier this month as nearly 140 young professional women representing a diverse spectrum of hashkafot gathered for social and spiritual enrichment at the OU's Emerging Career Professionals (ECP) event, Women's Unight-Kumzitz Connection Cocktail Hour. 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Rabbi Shmuel Silber examines this interesting area of halacha! Plus… Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on smart locks on Shabbos, and more! Children on Shabbos – Listen Now More on L'Kadsho Rabbi Moshe Hauer Communication and Community We are counting towards Sinai, that time and place where we stood – in a description so familiar that it has become trite – k'ish echad b'lev echad, as one person with one heart. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack The Parallels of Purification How should we understand the parallels between the purification of the metzora and the Yom Kippur service? Read in Hebrew Shlomo Schwartz Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai – Part 1 Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai is a central figure in our Lag B'Omer celebrations. In this shiur, our CFO Shlomo Schwartz examines Rebbe Shimon's role in Pirkei Avos – part 1 of a four-part series! Watch Now Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman