Shabbat

10/28/2011

Have You Threshed Recently

Not too many people have the opportunity to thresh their own grain…

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09/16/2011

A Song For The Dove

Most songs written for Shabbat (zmirot) focus on either God’s resting from…

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08/19/2011

Shabbat Medicine

Twenty-first century medical technology has a pill for nearly every illness…

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08/15/2011

Eikev 5771-2011

"Finding the Greatness of G-d in His Humility" Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In…

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08/07/2011

Va’etchanan 5771-2011

"The Ten Commandments: The Differences" By Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In…

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07/22/2011

We’re Not Taking Care of Business

On Shabbat, the Jewish people are commanded: “Six days you shall labor and…

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05/13/2011

Angelic Praises

During the morning and afternoon prayer services (Shacharit and Mincha),…

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04/04/2011

Metzora 5771-2011

"We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald On…

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03/14/2011

Tzav-Purim 5771-2011

“Shabbat and Purim” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This year, the festival of…

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03/11/2011

Read At Mincha

The climax of the Shabbat morning service is the Torah reading, which is…

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03/03/2011

Why day Seven?

The number seven plays a significant role in Jewish thought. There are…

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02/25/2011

Guard and Remember

The observance of Shabbat is the fourth of the Ten Commandments, listed in…

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01/21/2011

Saturday Night Delight

The Talmud (Shabbat 119a) describes how the sages would greet Shabbat:…

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01/14/2011

The Challenge of a Cup of Tea

How do you make a cup of tea? Seems like a silly question, doesn’t it? Tea…

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01/07/2011

Kugel Konnection

A traditional Ashkenazi Shabbat table will often be graced with at least…

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10/22/2010

Say Shabbat Shalom

Life provides us with a plethora of opportunities to pronounce blessings.…

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10/08/2010

Saturday Night Hunger

As beautiful as Shabbat is, it was not God’s intention that humankind live…

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08/13/2010

Beer!

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08/06/2010

Birthday Cake For Shabbat

It is highly unlikely that Moses, Hillel even Maimonides (all experts on…

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07/30/2010

A Midsummer Night’s Shabbat

“Making early Shabbat,” means beginning Shabbat well before sunset. This is…

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07/16/2010

It’s Electric

In the early 1900s, rabbinic authorities had to determine exactly what…

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07/09/2010

The Third Meal

“Eat [the manna] today, for today is Shabbat to God, today you will not…

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07/02/2010

Tear It Open

The Jewish people observe the commandment to “guard” the Sabbath by…

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06/25/2010

Try These

One of the subcategories of the mitzvah of pikuach nefesh (saving a…

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06/18/2010

Opening an Umbrella on Shabbat

In what way is an umbrella similar to the Mishkan (Tabernacle), which…

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05/21/2010

Conflicting Torah Laws

What should one do when two Torah laws seem to be in conflict? One of the…

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05/03/2010

Behar-Bechukotai 5770-2010

"Making a Reckoning" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In parashat Behar, the…

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04/09/2010

There’s A Key In My Challah!

It's a fact that many people spend much time thinking and even worrying…

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03/28/2010

Passover 5770-2010

"The Festival of Liberation" by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald If one were to look…

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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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