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The Custom of Eating Dairy Foods on Shavuot
Indulgent cheesecakes, assorted cheese boards and gorgeous milky desserts compose a significant portion of our Shavuot preparations and celebrations – and the question is, why?..
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Matan Torah: A Feminine Event
The giving of the Torah at Har Sinai was the realization of a centuries-long dream. Generations before, Avraham Avinu was told that his descendents would be “strangers in a land not their own”…
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Contrasting the Sefira of Yesod and Women
Are you counting the sefira every night? I am. It’s a lifechanger. I know that’s a dramatic statement, but I stand by it…
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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Hod
A single splendid rose sits on a table in its glass vase, alive with color and brilliance…
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Lag BaOmer: From Despair to Hope and Celebration
The celebration of Lag BaOmer is rather a strange one – why mark the death of a sage with celebration rather than mourning?..
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Balance of Brotherhood: What We Can Learn from Rabbi Akiva’s Students
The crucial premise to giving kavod is to see the other as separate from oneself…
