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May 05, 2011 | 0 
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Not “G-d.” At least for me. Yes, when I was younger and attended yeshiva in Detroit, it was “G-d.” God was also “Hashem,” “Adoshem,” “Elokeinu” etc. Anything but “God.” My first year at Michigan St...
Apr 28, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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Throughout much of the book of Vayikra (Leviticus) we speak of biblical issues of ritual impurity, which could be transferred from one person to another. These impurities could also be transferred ...
Apr 22, 2011 | 0 | 22 |
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Like most good stories, this one has passed through many storytellers. It is said to have originated with Shlomo Carlebach:
Many years ago, a little 7-year old boy and his family were about to lea...
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 | 18 |
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There is so much to do in preparation for Pesach with all of the cleaning and cooking, the cleaning and arranging, the cleaning and inviting, the cleaning setting the table. With all there is to d...
Apr 08, 2011 | 0 | 22 |
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Chapter 14, verses 33-34 in this week’s Torah portion are telling: “G-d spoke to Moshe and Aaron, saying, ‘When you arrive in the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, and I place (afflic...
Mar 30, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
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As one Arab regime after another falls, I am reminded of the famous line, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” The ability to instantaneously communicate through social networking sites was key ...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 | 17 |
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Back in August 2010, just before Rosh Hashana, the JTA ran a story about Jews that kept kosher only during the holidays.
It described Jews who buy kosher wine for Shabbat or holidays, even though t...
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 | 17 |
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Studies have shown that musicians have a better memory — not just for music, but words and pictures too.
If you have ever watched “American Idol,” you know that this is so. In the finale episodes t...
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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In this week’s Torah portion, Vayikra, the last letter of the first word, an alef, is written smaller than the rest of the letters in the word.
Simcha Bunem of Przysucha provides one interpretation...
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March 5 is Shabbat Shekalim, one of four special Shabbats preceding Passover in the Hebrew month of Adar that have special thematic Torah readings in addition to the scheduled Torah portion for tha...