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The Three Musketeers at the Kotel

The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember.

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Evening of Tue, Apr 7, 2026 – Wed, Apr 8, 2026 is the 7th day of Passover (Shevi'i shel Pesach) is a major Jewish holiday marking the anniversary of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and the end of their Egyptian bondage.

It is a full festival day (Yom Tov) prohibiting work, featuring special Torah readings regarding the splitting of the sea and the "Song of the Sea".

Key Significance and Customs:

Commemoration: It celebrates the climax of the Exodus when the sea split, allowing the Israelites to pass and drowning the pursuing Egyptians.

Synagogue Services: The Torah reading focuses on Exodus 13:17-15:26, detailing the miracle. The "Song of the Sea" is recited with a special tune.

All-Night Study (Tikun): Many have the custom to stay up all night (or late) studying Torah, reflecting on the faith required to follow God into the sea.

No Shehecheyanu: As the 7th day is considered a continuation of the Passover festival rather than a new holiday, the Shehecheyanu blessing is generally not recited, notes Wikipedia.

Yizkor: In many Ashkenazi communities, the Yizkor memorial prayer is recited.

Final Day: In Israel, it is the final day of Passover. In the Diaspora, it is the 7th day, followed by an 8th day

The day is considered a time to strengthen personal faith and experience a "rebirth" by crossing the sea metaphorically.

Shvii Shel Pesach – the 7th Day of Chag HaMatzot

https://www.ou.org/holidays/sh...

BY Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

We are all familiar with the historical reason for celebrating the ‘seventh day of Passover’ – for (according to the Midrash) the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea took place seven days after Bnei Yisrael left Egypt.

Yet, to our surprise, that reason never appears in the Chumash. In fact, the Torah simply commands that we eat matza for seven days, and then to make a special celebration on that last day, without explaining why. [See Shemot 13:3-7.]

In regard to other Jewish holidays, SEVEN also seems to be a ‘magic’ number. Not only is Pesach is ‘seven’ days; we also count ‘seven’ weeks to Shavuot; then in the ‘seventh’ month – we celebrate several holidays including the ‘seven-day’ holiday of Sukkot!

So why do so many holidays revolve around the number seven? It is simply because there are seven days in a week?

In the following shiur we attempt to answer this question, as we search for a thematic connection between the ‘historical’ reasons for the holidays and the agricultural seasons when they are celebrated.

Introduction

Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom

5,000-Year-Old Tomb May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

Excavations in central China uncovered a 5,000-year-old tomb filled with artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture.
Experts believe the size of the tomb and wealth of the artifacts show the owner was a prehistoric king.
The diversity of artifacts within the excavation offers cultural connections beyond one region.

Last fall, archaeologists uncovered a new range of tombs at the Wangzhuang ruins in central China’s Henan Province. The most exciting tomb might be M27, which likely belonged to a prehistoric king judging by the size of the tomb, coffins, and bounty of burial artifacts. In fact, experts now believe that the entire site could have been the capital of a prehistoric kingdom, stemming from the ancient Neolithic Dawenkou Culture that existed from 4000 B.C. to 2600 B.C.