The 13th of Adar, erev Purim, marks the 20th yahrzeit of our dear Rabbi Dr. Ephraim R. Wolf, Rav Ephraim Reuven ben Nachum Chaim, zt’l. The Modern Orthodox community in Great Neck was shaped by …
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By Paul E. Brody, MD
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3/20/24
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With every day that passes, it becomes ever clearer that Western civilization is no longer civilized.
Israel’s war of defense against a genocidal enemy is an inflection point in the …
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By Melanie Phillips
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3/20/24
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This Shabbat we will read Parashat Zachor which, according to the Shulchan Aruch, is a Torah-based mitzvah. In addition, it enables us to fulfill two of the three Taryag Mitzvot associated with …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/20/24
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T here is a darkness sometimes that rages within which can overpower our very being.
I had a Battalion commander, who took the first watch on the tank after a brutal day in the Lebanon war. It …
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By Binny Freedman
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3/20/24
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Rabbi Daniel Rose wrote the following that will serve as the keynote to this week’s essay:
“These days of Purim,” the Book of Esther says, “should be remembered and …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/20/24
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The Torah requires us to celebrate three major festivals — Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot — and to do so joyously. Our Sages instituted two additional festive holidays, Chanukah and Purim. …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/20/24
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O ur parsha, Vayikra, which deals with a variety of sacrifices, devotes an extended section to the chattat , the sin offering, as brought by different individuals: first the High Priest (Ex. 4:3-12), …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks z"l
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3/20/24
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“Beware the ides of March,” warns the Soothsayer in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Caesar dismisses the warning, ignorant of the fact that his enemies are plotting …
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By Howard Bressler
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3/15/24
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The Great Israeli Real Estate event drew a different crowd than its normal clientele during a stop in Cedarhurst. Nassau police and protesters gathered down the road from Young Israel of …
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By Parker Schug, LI Herald
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3/13/24
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Hadassah, the largest Jewish women’s organization in the United States, held an event during the UN Commission on the Status of Women meetings to highlight both the irrefutable evidence that …
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3/13/24
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