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And, As, Towards: Goals and Growth from the Halachos of Sefira

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: April 05 2026

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Series: Five Minute Mussar

Venue: Bergenfield, N.J. Bergenfield, N.J.

Gemara:

Menachot

Halacha:

Orach Chaim, Sefirat HaOmer

Machshava:

Middot, Mitzvot, Rambam, Sefirat HaOmer, Spirituality

References: Menachot: 66A

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A surprising three-way halachic machlokes drives insights into the relationships between short-term and long-term goals and thinking.

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And, As, Towards: Goals and Growth from the Halachos of Sefira

Series: Five Minute Mussar

Venue: Bergenfield, N.J. Bergenfield, N.J.

Gemara:

Menachot

Halacha:

Orach Chaim, Sefirat HaOmer

Machshava:

Middot, Mitzvot, Rambam, Sefirat HaOmer, Spirituality

References: Menachot: 66A

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And, As, Towards: Goals and Growth from the Halachos of Sefira

Series: Five Minute Mussar

Venue: Bergenfield, N.J. Bergenfield, N.J.

Gemara: Menachot Halacha: Orach Chaim, Sefirat HaOmer Machshava: Middot, Mitzvot, Rambam, Sefirat HaOmer, Spirituality

References: Menachot: 66A

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Gemara:

Menachot

Halacha:

Orach Chaim, Sefirat HaOmer

Machshava:

Middot, Mitzvot, Rambam, Sefirat HaOmer, Spirituality