Did you even learn the history of the long chant we recite after meals?
THE ORIGIN OF BIRCHAS HAMAZON
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One Of Your Own
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How can we see eye to eye with those on the other end of the political spectrum?
Embracing Return to Tradition
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How does Judaism view repentance? Should society use it as a serious barometer?
Nothing is Black and White—Not Even Tisha B’Av
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Politics seems to be always pulling to extremes. Is that a Jewish approach?
GIFTS FOR TISHA B’AV
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When will Tisha B’av become obsolete?
You Can’t Stop the Music
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What was the main attraction in the Temple?
The Last Two Mitzvos
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Queen Elizabeth, a Torah Celebration and Hakhel
Royalty
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Lessons we can learn from the Royal funeral.
JUDAISM: THE ‘NO EXCUSES’ POLICY
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What does this week’s parsha say about the different excuses you might proffer?
A Russian Conspiracy
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Enemy of the Soviet Government This week, I discovered that my father, Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, was considered an enemy of the state in the Soviet Union at the young age of just 18 years old, considered so dangerous that a memo about him was disseminated among the highest echelons of power, even those closest to Stalin. This memo was only recently discovered: In June 1950, a deputy minister of the...