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October 21, 2021
Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, known as the Chazon Ish, was considered to…
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October 20, 2021
“Matchmaker, matchmaker / Look through your book / And make me a perfect…
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October 18, 2021
“The Akeida” (updated and revised from Vayeira 5762-2001) by Rabbi Ephraim…
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October 18, 2021
On October 18, 1898, the “Stars and Stripes” flag of the United States was…
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October 15, 2021
It is not a coincidence that cultures around the world share a belief in…
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October 14, 2021
In 2001, it was recognized that in the course of American history, numerous…
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October 13, 2021
Jewish Treats looks at a renowned Jewish dictionary that has served…
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October 12, 2021
On January 3, 2000, the final original edition of the “Peanuts” comic strip…
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October 11, 2021
“Understanding Ishmael” (updated and revised from 5762-2001) by Rabbi…
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October 11, 2021
If you ask a cross-section of Jews what they associate with the initials…
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October 8, 2021
The sages wisely noted in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers 4:1) that a…
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October 7, 2021
When the cornerstone for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in…
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October 6, 2021
While today and tomorrow are celebrated as Rosh Chodesh, today is actually…
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October 5, 2021
Jewish Treats presents a brief biography of René Samuel Cassin (October 5,…
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October 4, 2021
“The ‘Myth’ of the Great Flood” (updated and revised from Noah 5762-2001)…
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October 4, 2021
When we think of the common denominator of upscale national clothing store…
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September 30, 2021
In 1980, Barry Commoner, a prominent biologist, environmentalist and author…
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September 27, 2021
“Being Moral in an Increasingly Immoral Environment” (updated and revised…
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September 27, 2021
Tonight, starts the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, literally the Gathering of…
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September 26, 2021
Rosh Hashana is known as the Day of Judgment (Yom Hadin), the day on which…
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September 24, 2021
Most people are unknowingly familiar with the beginning of the third…
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September 23, 2021
Most holidays in Western society last for a single day, which is often…
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September 19, 2021
“A Sukkah Memory” (updated and revised from Sukkot 5763-2002) by Rabbi…
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September 17, 2021
Webster’s Dictionary defines a Tabernacle as a temporary dwelling, which is…
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September 15, 2021
“…on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do no work at…
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September 14, 2021
When is it fashionably acceptable to wear white after Labor Day? On Yom…
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September 13, 2021
One of the main steps in the process of teshuva (repentance) is for a…
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September 12, 2021
“Smashing the Golden Calves” (updated and revised from Yom Kippur…
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September 10, 2021
No prayer so thoroughly captures the Jewish people’s dual relationship with…
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September 9, 2021
The Fast of Gedaliah is observed to commemorate the murder of Gedaliah, the…
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