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What Is True Jewish Empathy?
Don’t try to give instruction, advice or critique. Just carry the pain with them…
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The Dance between Fear of Heaven and Human Effort
Yosef sits in the dungeons, the lowly prison where Egyptian ‘criminals’ are left to die. He sits with the butler and baker, whose dreams he interprets…
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Beruria: A Scholarly Woman Before Her Time
It is rare that we find the name of a woman mentioned in the Talmud. Beruria was one such exception…
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Lech Lecha: Eretz Yisrael, The Homeland of Our Soul
‘To the land which I will show you.’ In this week’s parsha, Hashem promises the land of Eretz Yisrael to Avraham and his descendants…
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Beyond Yom Kippur: Making Change Last
On Yom Kippur, we resolve to change our behavior and abandon our sins—azivat hachet…
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Getting Married : A Woman’s Sole Purpose in this World?
Traditional gender roles in Judaism place a woman’s primary role in the home…
