After introducing us to the concepts of not bringing an animal as an offering before it is eight days old, and after telling us that the animal and its parent (Rashi distinguishes between the …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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5/15/19
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Summer time is ice cream time. It’s also fresh fruit and vegetable time, and drippy watermelon time, and real lemonade time. It is the perfect time for vegetarians to rejoice, and the perfect …
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By Joni Schockett
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7/3/19
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In July 2018, 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, were discovered and rescued with their 25-year-old soccer coach from a cave in Tham Luang, Thailand. They had entered the cave as part of a field trip but …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/26/19
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Korach was swallowed up by the ground, but his spirit is still alive and well, and in the unlikeliest of places — British and American universities.
Korach was the embodiment of what the …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
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6/24/20
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Across the room sat a man, a murderer, who had tried to kill me and 51 others praying in the Halle Synagogue last Yom Kippur. Responding to question after question from the judge, he espoused the …
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By Rebecca Blady
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8/19/20
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Carl Jung had an anti-Semitic streak and was, at least for a time, sympathetic to the Nazi cause. Yet he was one of the major psychological theorists of the 20th century, and his insights into …
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By Rabbi Hersh Tzvi Weinreb
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5/11/22
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The last time that Israel had a prime minister from the Labor Party was over 20 years ago, ending a virtually unbroken line of leftist succession from Ben-Gurion to Rabin.
Now Labor, which …
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By Daniel Greenfield
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11/9/22
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The Rabbis moralized the condition of tzara’at (often translated as leprosy), the subject that dominates both Tazria and Metzora. It was, they said, a punishment rather than a medical …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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4/19/23
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On March 27, 2012, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen, an ancient ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace. A number of institutions presented Loyal Addresses to the Queen, thanking her …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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7/19/23
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This previously published Noach column by Rabbi Weinreb focuses on trauma, making it especially relevant this week.
There are many words in the English language that originally had great power …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/18/23
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