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Challah: What We Knead To Know
Some Background Growing up, I knew that it was customary to eat Challah on Shabbat, but I didn’t know that the actual mitzvah of Challah...
Jun 14, 2017
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A Modern-Day Purim Story: Nothing Is Random
Trump holds a banquet at the White House to celebrate his presidency. Top members of the Jewish community are invited. Kosher food will...
Mar 9, 2017
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Know That It Is Good: How To Turn Complaints Into Gratitude
When God splits the sea and the Jewish people cross through from slavery to freedom, Miriam takes out her tambourine and the women play...
Feb 9, 2017
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The Modern Day Exodus
Returning to the epic Exodus story, Egypt is a hot mess. The Nile turns to blood; frogs, lice, wild animals, and locusts run rampant; and...
Feb 3, 2017
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Above The Stars: The Jewish View on Astrology
I used to love checking my horoscope. Every morning for years, without fail, I went online to see how the stars were aligned for me that...
Dec 1, 2016
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Noah’s Flood: Natural or Miraculous?
Why The Flood? Why would G-d, after creating the world and all of animal and human life, destroy most of life so soon after? The Talmud...
Nov 3, 2016
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A Sukkot Story of Divine Protection
Two Sukkots ago, I found myself walking with my friend in an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem holding a lulav. We had intended to walk...
Oct 19, 2016
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In The Shade of Faith
The underlying happiness during Sukkot is that we celebrate our emunah (faith) and bitachon (trust) in Hashem. The holiday of Sukkot...
Oct 16, 2016
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The Secret To Our Best Year Yet
Rosh Hashanah is almost here. On these days, everything will be decided for the coming year: our health, our finances, our relationships,...
Oct 2, 2016
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God Is Our Father and Our King
Avinu Malkeinu, Our Father, Our King, is a main prayer that we say during the High Holidays. On Rosh Hashanah, which is Hebrew for “the...
Sep 28, 2016
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