When the Wind Blows, The Kippah Will Fall
Washington Heights, where I teach regularly, is an extremely windy location. My bobby pin is greatly…
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Is the Torah “Green”?
We have exceptionally good weather recently for this time of year, a phenomenon that some attribute to…
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A Healthy Winter!
It is just after the festival of Sukkot and I am already feeling the onset of…
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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of…
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Symbolism and Rationale of Sukkot
Five days after the solemnity and intensity of Yom Kippur, Sukkot, the festival of joy and…
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A Day Without Shoes
Why did the Torah specifically forbid leather shoes on Yom Kippur (rather than ban sitting in…
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The Shofar of Defiance
As we blow shofar in synagogue every morning of this month, and anticipate the grand shofar…
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The Shofar
The central commandment of Rosh Hashanah, and the defining feature of this festival in the Torah…
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The Approach of Rosh Hashana – Justice and Kindness
This coming Shabbat the month of Ellul begins, which heralds the approach of Rosh HaShanah. It…
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Cause of the Destruction
Why did God allow the various tragedies of these three weeks and the fast days to…
