For the Love of the Land
This week’s parsha, Lech Lecha, begins with the first commandment G-d ever gave to the first…
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Reward and Punishment
God rewards those who fulfill His commandments and punishes those who transgress them. The ultimate reward…
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Simchat Torah
Originally, different customs existed regarding the reading of the Torah on Shabbat. In Israel, the Torah…
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Booths and Clouds
The most distinctive feature of the festival of Sukkot, and the mitzvah from which it derives…
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Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement and Joy
The Torah designates the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishrei) as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,”…
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Is Repentance (Teshuvah) a Commandment (Mitzvah)?
“For this mitzvah is not far from you; it is not in heaven that you shall…
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To Be of Not to Be – That is the Question on Rosh Hashana
The Jewish calendar begins with the month of Nissan, the month in which the Jewish people…
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Setting the Alarm
The central mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah, and the defining feature of this festival in the Torah…
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Yarmulkas, Kippot and Borsalinos
I was recently in China and visited the old Jewish community in Kaifeng. I bought as…
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G-d Bless America
The people of the United States of American just celebrated July 4th, Independence Day, so I…
