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Wise Fridays: The Role of Freedom
“It is precisely because of the central role of freedom in the value system of the Bible that the liberation ...
Wise Fridays: Do Not Despise an Egyptian
“‘Do not despise an Egyptian’…even though they threw your baby sons into the Nile. Why? Because they provided hospitality to ...
A Mystical Choice, A Mystical Haggadah
The one thing I’m never last-minute about is having a haggadah. With countless different versions available — last year, when ...
Birkat Hahama: The Untold Dangers and Sinister Pratfalls
On Tuesday, April 8, we celebrate Birkat Hahama, the Blessing over the Sun. It’s observed once every 28 years, when ...
Wise Fridays: There Is No Life
There is no life without a task; no person without a talent; no place without a fragment of God’s light ...
Finding the Moshiach in Lost
SPOILER ALERT: If you watch Lost, and have not seen last night’s episode, “He’s Our You,” yet, go watch it, ...
Musaf First Aid (just in case…)
Today is Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the Hebrew month and the festival of the New Moon. Jews celebrate by ...
Interview: Erez Safar/Diwon
Erez Safar is busy these days. Known also by his stage name, Diwon, Safar, along with being a DJ and ...
Wise Fridays: How to Read the Torah
It is not my place to teach people how to read a chapter of Tanakh because the keys to this ...
Rav Ovadia Yosef Has Some Catching Up To Do
The New Republic blog The Plank has a funny post about Sayyid Ali Kameini’s website. Now, I’m not surprised that ...