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Humility and How to Get Some
Do we each have more to learn, things we can do better?
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Somebody’s Getting Married… Under the Chuppah!
Only this Jewish woman – this devoted, active, works-in-the Jewish community Jewish woman! – would meet and marry a man named ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Smoking and Jewish Law
As a new parent, I’ve become suddenly and acutely sensitive to smoking. While I used to personally detest it and ...
Pentateuchs for Prisoners
Recently, we received a letter in the office from a person in jail, asking if we can send him a ...
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A New Purim Hero?
This year on Purim, several minyanim in the U.S. and in Israel will be reading the Megillah with a twist. ...
I Kings 8:2-21: Solomon Builds the First Temple
The Haftarah (prophetic reading) for the second day of Sukkot
Summary of Tractate Taanit
This talmudic tractate about fasting is packed with stories.
Shehechiyanu: A Meditation on this Moment
This blessing, traditionally recited for firsts, can be said anytime -- since every moment is new and unprecedented.