Lag B’Omer – The 33rd Day of the Omer
In the first century of the Common Era, the Jewish people experienced a major tragedy during…
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Passionately Israel
The Talmud in Tractate Chulin says something quite astonishing. It states that “pagans outside of Israel…
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Is Independence Good?
We will be celebrating the State of Israel’s 69th Independence Day very soon (May 2nd), an…
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Where is Moses?
Soon, at the Seder, we will be sitting and reading, learning, teaching and questioning the Haggadah…
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Remembering the Exodus
Generally, we classify the commandments of the Torah into commandments that pertain to our relationship with…
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Exile
As we are no preparing for Passover, of course, we begin to think about the exile…
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Night and Day
Daylight saving time has recently begun here in the USA. So it has got me thinking…
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Snow Storm
We are just on the brink of experiencing a massive winter snow storm here in New…
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Survivor, Persia!
We will be celebrating the festival of Purim very soon, so I would like to give…
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Whitewashing History
I have recently been teaching some ideas from two great Rabbis of Prague, the Maharal and…
