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Jewish Treats

Seek Out The Positive

An ethical dilemma: A close friend confides in you that he/she recently purchased an expensive, one-of-a-kind, non-returnable item. When he/she shows it to you, you are immediately aware…

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Lighting The Way To Peace

The very last act performed before bringing Shabbat into the home is the lighting of the Shabbat candles. While this mitzvah is considered one of the three primary mitzvot of a Jewish…

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The Might of the Pen

The fact that today is “National Ballpoint Pen Day” offers Jewish Treats the opportunity to introduce László Bíró, the Hungarian-Jewish inventor of the now ubiquitous ballpoint writing…

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Jewish Treats

The Might of the Pen

The fact that today is “National Ballpoint Pen Day” offers Jewish Treats the opportunity to introduce László Bíró, the Hungarian-Jewish inventor of the now ubiquitous ballpoint writing…

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Judaism

Crash Course in Jewish History with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald on Zoom

Crash Course in Jewish History on ZoomJoin Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald for a Crash Course in Jewish History Forward to a…

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The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz

Everyone knows about fasting on Yom Kippur. There are, however, several other fast days on the Jewish calendar that are not nearly as well known. One of the prominent fasts is the Fast of…

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Improve Your Odds

Use this Shabbat, known as Shabbat Shuva, to contemplate how to repent for prior transgressions and how to improve going forward. The famous Talmudic statement; "In a place where…

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Jewish Treats

Put it Together

Enhance your celebration of the joyous holiday of Sukkot by building your own sukkah. One of the beautiful explanations about why we sit in a sukkah is that it represents an inherent…

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Jewish Treats

Pom-Enjoyment

Make sure to say the proper blessing over your National Pomegranate Month (November) treats: Ha’etz for the fruit of the pomegranate, and She'ha'kol for pomegranate drinks.

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