03/19/2010
Sacrifice and Innocence
Inherent in traditional Jewish thought is a longing for the Holy Temple.…
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03/19/2010
Wallet Offering
Giving charity is often considered a means of attaining the atonement once…
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03/18/2010
How Pharaoh Enslaved The Israelites
While reading the Book of Exodus, one might wonder at the swift descent of…
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03/18/2010
Personal Assessment
If you find that you have a friend who is easy to influence, work hard at…
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03/17/2010
Oh My Gosh…Passover is Coming
The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from…
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03/17/2010
Cut The List
In preparation for Passover, remove all but the most necessary chametz…
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03/16/2010
Teach The Girls
In the late 19th century, European Jewish communities began to notice that…
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03/16/2010
It’s Never too Late
If you feel that you missed out on a Jewish education in your youth, find…
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03/15/2010
What’s In The Book: I Kings
I Kings begins with Adonijah’s rebellion against his father, King David,…
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03/15/2010
Like Royalty
All Jews are considered children of the King (i.e. God). Try to insert the…
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03/12/2010
You Say Tomay’to, I Say Tomah’to
Just as Jews from different countries have different ritual customs, so too…
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03/12/2010
What They Did, What They Do
Try to discover what nusach your ancestors used and what nusach is used in…
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03/11/2010
Thou Shalt Take A Surname
Goldberg, Rosenstein, Feldman...typical Jewish Ashkenazi names.…
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03/11/2010
For Them To Know
Research the background to your family name(s) and share the information…
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03/10/2010
Cut Off
"...Be as scrupulous in performing a 'minor' mitzvah as a 'major' one, for…
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03/10/2010
Follow the Advice
Follow the advice of the sages and take joy in doing all mitzvot, without…
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03/09/2010
The Chassidim of Ger
While the Holocaust destroyed numerous chassidic communities, some of the…
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03/09/2010
Here You Are
While riding public transportation, if you see someone burdened with many…
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03/08/2010
Her Name Was Emma
The history of the Jews in North America often reflects the "melting pot"…
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03/08/2010
Discover Poetry
For the more literary minded, research how different Jewish poets…
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03/05/2010
The Shalom Zachar
The first celebration in the life of a Jewish baby boy is not actually the…
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03/05/2010
It’s Not Too Late!
In just a few more hours, hundreds of synagogues and Jewish organizations…
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03/04/2010
Shield Of Our Fathers
The Talmud (Shabbat 119a) describes the various ways the sages would greet…
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03/04/2010
Making Welcome
After attending Friday night service, greet any newcomers to your…
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03/03/2010
A Guard of Shabbat
Two primary words of instruction are used in the Torah to command the…
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03/03/2010
In Just Two Days
In honor of Shabbat Across America and Canada this Friday night, March 5th,…
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03/02/2010
If You Bring Me Flowers
Miss Manners might tell you that it is appropriate to bring flowers as a…
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03/02/2010
A Fresh Bouquet
In honor of this Friday night's Shabbat Across America and Canada event,…
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03/01/2010
Purim! Again
Unique to the Jewish calendar, Purim is actually observed on different days…
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03/01/2010
After Affects
Now that Purim is over, bring your spare "goodies" into the office and…
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