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06/18/2025
Spying, Take Two
The Book of Joshua begins with God appearing to Joshua, Moses’ prime…
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06/17/2025
The Disputation of Paris
The month of June, in the year 1240 C.E. was not a good time for the Jews…
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06/16/2025
Shelach 5785-2025
“Who was Caleb?” (updated and revised from Shelach 5766-2006) by Rabbi…
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06/16/2025
Heading to the Catskills
As the summer holiday season begins, Jewish Treats presents a…
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06/15/2025
The Importance of Dad
In honor of Father's Day, Jewish Treats presents this classic Treat on the…
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06/13/2025
The Importance of Flag Day
Tomorrow, June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day throughout the United States.…
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06/12/2025
Making it Transfusable
In 1901, Karl Landsteiner (June 14, 1868–June 26, 1943) who was born Jewish…
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06/11/2025
Anomalies and Interpretations
The writing of a Torah scroll is an incredibly intricate process. To write…
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06/10/2025
The Might of the Pen
The fact that today is National Ballpoint Pen Day offers Jewish Treats the…
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06/09/2025
Latrun: Battles for the Hilltop
Today, the hilltop of Latrun, just 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem, is a…
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06/08/2025
B’ha’a’lot’cha 5785-2025
“With G-d as our Guide” (updated and revised from B’ha’a’lot’cha……
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06/06/2025
Keeping Ethical
Pirkei Avot is commonly translated as “Ethics of the Fathers” because many…
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06/05/2025
The Jews’ Hospital of New York
Healthcare is a topic that is frequently in the news these days, and is a…
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06/04/2025
Equal Tribes
Each of the twelve tribes of Israel descended from one of Jacob’s twelve…
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05/31/2025
Naso 5785-2025
“A Lesson from the N’seeim--the Tribal Leaders” (updated and revised from…
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05/31/2025
Shavuot 5785-2025
“Appreciating Shavuot” (updated and revised from Shavuot 5766-2006) by…
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05/30/2025
Preparing for the Torah
Shortly after the Israelites encamped at the base of Mount Sinai, they…
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05/29/2025
Cheesecake At Midnight
The holiday of Shavuot has three well-known, and well-loved, customs:…
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05/28/2025
The Book of Ruth
Ruth was the Moabite wife of Machlon, one of the two sons of Elimelech and…
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05/27/2025
Feast of Weeks
Shavuot, which we begin celebrating next Sunday night (June 1st), is the…
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05/26/2025
A Memorial to a Brave Soldier
David Rosenkrantz is one of the many unsung heroes whose lives, cut short…
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05/25/2025
Bamidbar 5785-2025
“Valuable Insights from the Priestly Logistics” (Updated and revised from…
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05/25/2025
Lions and Jerusalem Day
The original city of Jerusalem, conquered by King David from the Jebusites,…
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05/23/2025
Western Wall History
The Western (or Wailing*) Wall, also referred to in Israel as Hakotel…
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05/22/2025
Rav Saadia Gaon
Rabbi Saadia ben Joseph, known by the appellation Rav Saadia Gaon (Gaon,…
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05/21/2025
Take a Sabbatical
It is interesting to note that the two most common professions which offer…
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05/20/2025
Telephone, Gramaphone, Helicopter…Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851–August 3, 1929) came to America to avoid being…
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05/19/2025
Behar-Bechukotai 5785-2025
“The Economics of Torah” (updated and revised from Behar-Bechukotai…
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05/19/2025
The Battle of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai
At the time of the declaration of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948),…
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05/16/2025
Don’t Shame The Name
The concept of “Chilul Hashem,” desecration of God’s name is first…
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