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Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Moshe Kempinski The 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, Tisha b'Av, is a day that exemplifies sa...
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Friday, 15 August 2008
"Listen [Shema], Israel: Hashem is our God, Hashem is one." [Deut. 6:4] To recite the Shema,...
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
"Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart." (Psalm 97:11) Based on this ...
Friday, 04 July 2008
Near the end of their journey in the desert, the Israelites arrived at Kadesh. But there was no wat...
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Friday, 09 May 2008
No Contact with Death "God told Moses: speak to the priests, the descendants of Aaron. Let no (priest) defile himself (by contact) with a dead soul among his people." [Lev. 21:1]     * Why are k...
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
"For three years the fruit shall be 'Orlah,' and may not be eaten. In the fourth year, all of the fruit shall be holy, for praising God." [Lev. 19:23-4] The Talmud in Berachot 35a quotes thi...
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Babylonia did not become the world center of Torah overnight. Nonetheless, the defining moment of this process - the exile of the Torah and the relocation of the leading Jewish community to Babyloni...
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