On Friday this week we will celebrate Pesach Sheni, the second chance for those who were not able to celebrate the Passover offering in its correct time. This event has me reconsidering and thinking about Passover once again, even though the festival is over. Let us focus on the crossing of the Red Sea and its significance. Water is an interesting substance. It is named in Hebrew using a plural ...
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The first commandment God gave to the first Jew was to go to the Land of Israel God spoke to Abraham, and said, "Go for yourself, from your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you."[1] Abraham, Sarah, their family and their retinue all came to Israel, then known as Canaan. They traveled around the land, engaged in commerce and, of ...
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Read MoreBefore drinking a coffee in the morning, we say the blessing "shehakol". Rabbi Mordchai Becher examines all the different processes that were necessary to create his Sunday cup of coffee, from the ship that brings over the coffee beans, to the German factory that makes the coffee machine, to the dairy farm in New Jersey that provided the milk, and comes to the conclusion that perhaps we should have appreciation ...
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