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Acharei Mot: Distancing Ourselves from Non-Jewish Practices
This week’s parsha makes reference to what we call “chukot hagoy”, which means the practices of other nations….
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Can a Woman Carry a Weapon?
Our knee jerk reaction might be, of course! It’s pikuach nefesh. And anyway, what would be the problem with it?..
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Tazria: Music to One’s Ears
Imagine you walk into the doctor’s office, concerned about your injured son and wait anxiously for a diagnosis…
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Shemini: Ask Your Elders!
It seems superfluous to the ceremony that the elders of the nation are called to by Moshe, as it doesn’t seem that they have a specific job or purpose…
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Lessons of Faith in Kriyat Yam Suf
The events at the Red Sea are a turning point for the Jewish people, one characterized by faith and action…
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Yocheved: The Woman Who Bore the Five Greatest Prophets of Israel
Yet we know that no ordinary woman gives birth to the savior of Israel, so who was this ‘silent partner’ in Moshe’s upbringing?..
