• Lag Ba’Omer

    Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

    Lag Ba’Omer is the thirty-third day of the Omer, which in Hebrew letters is lamed-gimmel. Believed to be the day on which the plague that afflicted Rabbi Akiva’s students ceased,... Read More

    Yom Yerushalayim

    Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

    On the twenty-eighth day of Iyyar in 1967, the IDF entered the Old City of Jerusalem, which Jordan had occupied since the War of Independence in 1948. Among other things,... Read More

    Shavuot

    Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

    Shavuot, one of the three pilgrimage festival holidays, celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the harvest of First Fruits, Yom haBikkurim. Observed on the 6 and... Read More