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The State Of Israel And The Privilege Of Unawareness (1880-1914)
אִם יִהְיֶה נִדַּחֲךָ בִּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם מִשָּׁם יְקַבֶּצְךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ וּמִשָּׁם יִקָּחֶךָ וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ אֶל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶיךָ
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This Wednesday night May...
The Role Played By The New York Times During The Holocaust
In the past, and in a different context, I’ve written about the mistake of conceiving Judaism as a "religion", instead of understanding it as the...
TRAVEL GUIDE
King David describes the ideal Jew
.מזְמוֹר, לְדָוִד ה’ מִי יָגוּר בְּאָהֳלֶךָ מִי יִשְׁכֹּן בְּהַר קָדְשֶׁךָ
הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים, וּפֹעֵל צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבוֹ.
לא-רָגַל עַל-לְשֹׁנוֹ לֹא-עָשָׂה לְרֵעֵהוּ רָעָה וְחֶרְפָּה לֹא נָשָׂא עַל-קְרֹבוֹ
נבְזֶה...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: What is the First Commandment really saying?
אנכי ה 'אלקיך
Yesterday, we explained that the opening statement of the Ten Commandments "I am HaShem your God, who brought you out of the...
PHONES & DEVICES
Words and Arrows
"His tongue is like a poisoned arrow… with his mouth, he speaks cordially… but in his heart, he lays a deadly trap." Yirmiyahu 9:7
Lashon...
The Shapes and Forms of Lashon HaRa
"You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people." Vayikra 19:16
Great-minded people talk about ideas. Average-minded people talk about events. Small-minded...
LATEST TRENDS
The financial obligations of a Jewish husband
As we have previously explained, the Ketuba is the document that records the obligations of the Jewish husband toward his wife. The text of...
TEHILIM 20: When a King of Israel goes to war
PASUQ 1: To the director, Psalm for David.
According to several commentators, including Eben Ezra and RaDaQ, this psalm of Tehilim was not written "by"...
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Words and Arrows
"His tongue is like a poisoned arrow… with his mouth, he speaks cordially… but in his heart, he lays a deadly trap." Yirmiyahu 9:7
Lashon...
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