DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

    Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: ל"ג בעומר‎ ), also known as  Lag LaOmer  amongst Sephardi Jews, is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the thirty-third day of the  Counting of the Omer,  which occurs on the 18th day of Iyar.     Lag BaOmer is Hebrew for  "33rd [day] in the Omer ". The Hebrew letter ל (lamed) or  "L"  represents " 30"  and ג (gimmel) or  "G"  represents  "3".  A vowel sound is conventionally added for pronunciation purposes.     Some Jews call this holiday Lag LaOmer, which means "33rd [day] of the Omer", as opposed to Lag BaOmer,  "33rd [day] in the Omer."  Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson writes in his Likkutei Sichos that the reason why the day should be called Lag BaOmer and not Lag LaOmer is because the Hebrew words Lag BaOmer (ל"ג בעמר), spelled without the  "vav",  have the same gematria as Moshe (משה), and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was mystic...

   Chocolate is one of the few foods known to man about which people are actually passionate. We're talking about a wild, burning compassion; one that continues to grow with each delicious bite. For some of us, chocolate s considered to be a necessity of life. Eating chocolate feels good. Some physicians claim that chocolate has something to do with the hormonal imbalance that happens within the body from time to time.    Psychiatrists go so far as to say that chocolate could be a substitute for sex ( especially after you've been married for a while!), particularly when sex isn't available or just not very good (like I said before, after you've been married for a while!!!). There are lots of theories as to why we want or need chocolate, none of which are proven but all of which are interesting to explore. Particularly, if that exploration involved more chocolate.     Most people believe that the Aztec Indians should be credited for the in...