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Released Into Jewish Time

Separateness is not the same as narrowness.

What Is Chad Gadya Really About?

The conclusion of the seder features a strange folksong about a baby goat.

Pesachim 85

In the room where it happens.

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I’m getting pretty tired. It must mean that Shabbat must be around the corner. Or I don’t go to bed ...

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Shabbat is just a couple of hours away. Time to start making your cholent! Before you go, here are some ...

Happy Tu Bishvat! Three Easy Ways to Celebrate

Today is the birthday of the trees. Whoop-dee-do. If you didn’t get a chance to go to a seder last ...

Bedikat Hametz: The Search for Leaven Before Passover

A step-by-step guide to the ritual for ridding one’s home of leavened foods before Passover.

Studying With my Father, 18 Years Dead

Will we ever be free of enumerating what we have, what we need, what will be enough, what will ensure our security, who will inherit, how much we can afford to give, who’s most needy or most worthy - all with a sense that there’s not enough to go around?

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