SHABBAT: From fire to electricity (Part 2)

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  Last week we explained that there are 39 categories of melakhotor creative activities, which we are not allowed to perform on Shabbat. One of them...

SEPHARDIC RABBIS: Isaac Shemuel Reggio (1784-1855)

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The portrait of Rabbi Isaac Shemuel Reggio  Rabbi Reggio studied Tora under his father, and secular studies in the local gymnasium. At the age of fourteen...

RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY: Three Kosher Lies (Part 1 of 2)

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Previously, we explained the value the Tora gives to saying the truth  (see  here). We also discussed  one exception:  shalom, peace which is above...

SHABBAT: From fire to electricity (Part 1)

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  There are 39 categories of forbidden activities in Shabbat. They are called melakhot. Melakhot are not necessarily hard work (see here), but (most of them)...

THE 13 PRINCIPLES: Moshe was the greatest Prophet.

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  Previously, we analyzed the Sixth principle of the Jewish faith which describes the nature of prophecy and the character of the prophets of Israel (see here ). The...

Rabbi Benzion Frizzi (1756-1844) And How Do You Say In Talmudic...

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Portrait of Rabbi Benzion Frizzi   Rabbi Benedetto Frizzi (1756-1844) or Benzion Rafael haKohen Frizzi was a Rabbi and a prominent scientists and physician in Italy. Due...

RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY: Truth and Peace

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We already spoke about the value of saying the truth in Judaism. And how, the closer we bring ourselves to hold the truth, the closer...

YOM HAZIKARON, Israel’s Memorial Day

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Israel Independence Day--YOM HAATZMAUT--which will begin tonight, celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Today, YOM HAZIKARON, the day preceding this...

ROSH CHODESH: We and the moon

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 The Jewish month follows the moon's cycle of 29 days and a half. That is why sometimes we have one day of Rosh Chodesh...

SEFIRAT HAOMER: Counting the days

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In the times of the Bet haMiqdash, during the second day of Pesach, an offering was presented in the altar of the Temple which...