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Why Isn't It Assur to Say 'Shevat'? Hashem's Hand in Jewish History, Then and Now

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 18 2026

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Series: Ten Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha:

Jewish Calendar

Machshava:

Bitachon, Chanukah, Emunah, Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Mitzvot, Purim, Ramban, Religious Zionism, Spirituality, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Holidays:

Rosh Chodesh, Tu Beshvat

Nach:

Esther

Parsha:

Bo, Hachodesh, Shemot

Yerushalmi:

Berachos

Collections: The Mitzvah of the New Moon

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Shared at the beginning of Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5786

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Why Isn't It Assur to Say 'Shevat'? Hashem's Hand in Jewish History, Then and Now

Series: Ten Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha:

Jewish Calendar

Machshava:

Bitachon, Chanukah, Emunah, Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Mitzvot, Purim, Ramban, Religious Zionism, Spirituality, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Holidays:

Rosh Chodesh, Tu Beshvat

Nach:

Esther

Parsha:

Bo, Hachodesh, Shemot

Yerushalmi:

Berachos

Collections: The Mitzvah of the New Moon

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Why Isn't It Assur to Say 'Shevat'? Hashem's Hand in Jewish History, Then and Now

Series: Ten Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha: Jewish Calendar Machshava: Bitachon, Chanukah, Emunah, Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Mitzvot, Purim, Ramban, Religious Zionism, Spirituality, Torah She-Ba'al Peh Holidays: Rosh Chodesh, Tu Beshvat Nach: Esther Parsha: Bo, Hachodesh, Shemot Yerushalmi: Berachos

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Halacha:

Jewish Calendar

Machshava:

Bitachon, Chanukah, Emunah, Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Mitzvot, Purim, Ramban, Religious Zionism, Spirituality, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Holidays:

Rosh Chodesh, Tu Beshvat

Nach:

Esther

Parsha:

Bo, Hachodesh, Shemot

Yerushalmi:

Berachos