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I ❤️ ISRAEL: Back to the Shomron
My wife Coty and I are here in Israel with our family, celebrating the Bar Mitzva of our grandson Yosef. This past Wednesday, the...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Shadow of Peace — and the News
THE AIR OF ISRAEL
I'm in Yerushalayim, in Emek Refaim. Outside there's movement everywhere: cranes and construction all over, streets closed off, traffic squeezed down...
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The leap year (part 2)
Today is the 2nd day of Adar, 5770 Our months follow the actual cycle of the moon –new moon, full moon, etc- which consists...
What is the Septuagint?
On the 8th of Tebet, approximately in the year 260 b.c.e., in Alexandria, Egypt, King Ptolemy ordered 72 Jewish scholars, six for each tribe,...
PHONES & DEVICES
TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?
This Wednesday night, July 22, we will begin the fast of Tisha Be'av, the national day of mourning of the Jewish people. Why this...
SHABBAT CHAZON: Does God Reside Only in His Temple?
THE PROBLEM
On the Shabbat before Tisha Be'av we read a special Haftara from the book of Yeshayahu (1:1–27). It is known as "Hazon," from...
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MAIMONIDES ‘aboda zara 11:4. Let’s flip a coin!
Last week we began to describe a pagan practice called "divination" which Maimonides in Hilkhot 'aboda zara 11:4 includes within the prohibition of idolatry....
MINHAGIM OF SEFIRAT HAOMER
From the end of Pesach until the 33rd day of the Omer we have the tradition of keeping certain customs of mourning, in memory...
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TISHA BEAV: What happened on the 9th of Av?
This Wednesday night, July 22, we will begin the fast of Tisha Be'av, the national day of mourning of the Jewish people. Why this...
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