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Women and Torah Study: Halachic and Hashkafic Analysis
Each question we ask as women in Judaism, comes with an array of avenues and directions one can examine it through. ..
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Elul: Cultivating True Love for Hashem
In Chapter 10 of Hilchot Teshuva, the Rambam explores the theme of loving Hashem. In Mishna 1, he outlines the attitudes and mindsets that one should avoid when serving Hashem…
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Selichot: Peeling Away the Layers Over Our Hearts
As we enter the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, the songs on our lips are the poignant words of the Selichot…
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The Mechitza: A Structure for Empowerment and Intention
The mechitza; it’s one of the most noted, and contested structures in our synagogues today. It comes in many forms…
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Emma Lazarus, Poet and Patriot
Her writings were unabashedly Jewish, rich with Biblical references and replete with its values. She romanticized the old world, the “towns and temples” of traditional European observance…
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Ki Tavo: How to Battle Against Sichon
At the end of the parsha, Moshe reminds the people of the miracles Hashem performed for them. From leaving Egypt, to receiving manna from Heaven – and the wars with Sichon, King of Cheshbon and Og, King of Bashan…
