Fwd: What's special about Jewish Holidays?

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NEW! YUTorah Parsha Roundup for Emor

To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more and join now! Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Emor 5786 12 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Emor See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Emor See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Emor TOPICS IN PARSHAT EMOR The Holiness of the Kohanim How do we rank Jews on a holiness scale? Learn more Tumat Kohanim The laws of why a kohen can't come in contact with a dead body, and and lessons for us all. Learn more Making a Kiddush Hashem How does one make a kiddush Hashem or chas v'shalom a chillul Hashem? Learn more The Jewish Holidays What makes Jewish holidays different from other holidays? Learn more Sefirat Haomer What does the Torah tell us about why we count sefira? Learn more Insights to Shavuot How does Parshat Emor prepare us for Kabbalat HaTorah? Learn more The Episode of the Mekalel What is the connection between the story and the rest of the parsha? Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Tumat Kohanim, Status of Fetuses, Sefira Questions, and more! Learn more More Topics in Parshat Emor Being Holy • The Shabbat • Sukkot • The Lechem Hapanim • The Haftorah of Emor QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz: Making Sure Shabbos Feels Like Shabbos Rabbi Eitan Bendavid: Chesed Consciousness Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: 8 Ways to Sanctify G-d’s Name Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Narrowing the Gap Between Kohanim & Yisraelim Rabbi Daniel Grama: Even the Kohen Gadol Can't Help You Rabbi Yisroel Juskowitz: Making Each Day Count Ari Katz: Real Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: As One United Entity Rabbi Beni Krohn: Do what I do, not what I say Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Teaching Our Children: It's About Our Attitude Rabbi Yoni Levin: The Precious Light of Sefira Rabbi Michael Taubes: Various Issues in Sefiras HaOmer Rabbi David Zahtz: The Flaw of Rabbi Akiva's Students Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: The Omer and the Manna QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: The Unifying Field Theory of Torah Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: A Priesthood Still Becoming Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald: Creed or Deed Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Trigger Warnings and Sensitivity of Language in the Teaching of Jewish Law Rabbi Shmaya Hendel: The Hebrew Calendar: Holiness in Time Mrs. Michal Horowitz: The Sanctity of Time Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Higher Ground, Slower Answers Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Remember to Live Daf Yomi |  Mishna Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Yeshiva University 515 West 185th St New York, NY 10033 You can manage your subscription with the Manage My Subscription form.

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Fwd: The Daily Thread: Shabbat shalom from NSN!

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Date: Fri, May 1, 2026, 9:43 AM
Subject: The Daily Thread: Shabbat shalom from NSN!
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NSN / JM in the AM Newsletter                                                   May 1, 2026   Get the NSN iPhone App Here | Get the NSN Android App Here    עם ישראל חי...ביחד ננצח! Today on JM in the AM: Nachum welcomed Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Israel's special envoy for trade and innovation, back to JM in the AM to discuss Campus Israel, an organization that Fleur has co-founded to empower young adults from the diaspora to pursue English-language degrees at Israel's top universities: Click here  Harry Rothenberg's parsha vlog: Click here Nachum conducted the Weekly Update with Malcolm Hoenlein of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: Click here Rabbi Benjamin Yudin discussed the Torah portion of Emor and Pesach Sheni: Click here Click here for the full program Coming up on NSN: Erev Shabbos Music Mix sponsored by Kedem and featuring Harry Rothenberg's parsha vlog. (9:00 a.m. ET) Saturday Night Segal: (Saturday Night, 9:15 p.m. ET) JM in the AM Replay: (Saturday Night, 10:15 p.m. ET) **For anyone having trouble listening to NSN on Alexa, a listener shared that spelling out Nachum's name in the request has brought her success. e.g. "Alexa please play N A C H U M Segal Network on tune in radio." Tune in to all of our great programming here.   Click here for our comprehensive NSN programming schedule. Make sure to visit and support our incredible NSN Sponsors:                                                  You Might Like Facebook Visit Nachumsegal.com YouTube Twitter Instagram Get the NSN iPhone App Get the NSN Android App Check out our listen line: 518-931-1184 You are receiving this email because you signed up for the great NSN App or because you requested to join our list on our website  http://www.nachumsegal.com Our mailing address is: Nachum Segal Network  551 Grand Street, Room 3 New York, NY 10002 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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