Articles By Rabbi Jill Jacobs
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Conservative Halakhic Texts
The Conservative Movement's legal texts represent a contemporary attempt to make halakhah relevant and meaningful in a changing world.
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Fighting Poverty in Judaism
Fighting poverty globally and locally
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Midrash Tanhuma
A compilation of aggadic (narrative) and halakhic (legal) midrash
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Traditional Views of Jewish Chosenness
The Bible implies that God's choice of the Jews was random; later traditions made the Jews seem deserving of this privilege.
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Jewish Attitudes toward Poverty
How Much Should You Care?
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Sifra and Sifre
Legal midrash on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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I Was Redeemed From Egypt
Reenacting the Exodus in every generation
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Jewish Employee-Employer Relations
How Jewish law creates a balanced relationship between employers and employees
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The Seder Plate
The placement and symbolism of the items on the seder plate.
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How to Count the Omer
A guide.
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