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A Stay at the Talmud Hotel in Taiwan
Way back in 2007 I wrote a blog post about the weird Chinese trend of loving all things Jewish. Kind ...
Women Writing Torahs
Filmmaker Sasha Perry recently traveled to Seattle to document a historic event: the completion of the first Torah scroll written ...
Real Live Learning Opportunities: Yeshivat Hadar and Limmud NY
Lots of things are great to do online. I love paying my bills online (well, maybe love is an overstatement), ...
What My Thanksgiving Dinner Will Be Like*
On the plane this morning I ended up being seated next to a guy who is in rabbinical school, and ...
The Moment When All Prayers are Answered
When you pray by the first light of dawn, the Talmud says, Heaven pays attention to your prayers immediately. And ...
Wise Fridays: Don’t Wait for the Subpoena
“From where do we learn that if you are in a position to offer testimony on someone’s behalf, you are ...
All Lentil Shabbat
This Shabbat we read the story of Esau selling his birthright for some awesome lentil soup. I highly suggest you ...
More Thoughts on Niddah
I’ve been faithfully attending the Yeshivat Hadar sessions about Niddah, taught by Rabbi Ethan Tucker. If you have any interest ...
Fear Not!
I’ll admit that I’m a little sad that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are holding their rally on the Washington ...
Niddah and the Ick Factor
Pop quiz: Are you totally grossed out by the idea of period sex? My intense research has lead me to ...