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Parashat Terumah תְּרוּמָה

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In the word “Terumah” ("תרומה") we find a hint of things to come within a certain time period. The word Terumah conceals the word Torah ("תורה") and the letter “Mem” (“מ”) which is 40...

The business of saving Jewish lives, one kidney at a time

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Avi Shafar, a 40-year-old man from Teaneck, N.J., went to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx last week and donated his kidney to someone he had never met. Immediately after transplantation, within a couple of...

The Grand Showdown Over Women “Rabbis”

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It was June 2009, and Rabbi Avi Weiss, along with Bar-Ilan University Professor Daniel Sperber, had just conferred upon Sara Hurwitz the title “Maharat,” a phrase coined by Weiss for “Manhigah Halachatit Ruchanit Toranit,”...

Today is Tu BiShvat

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Every winter, just as we start to think about spring, a minor holiday comes along. Minor enough that not all of us know what it means or how it came to be. Tu Bishvat first...

Parashat Beshalach בְּשַׁלַּח

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This Parasha has a very odd opening verse; it basically states that HaShem was worried that Bnei-Yisrael might go back to Egypt upon the prospect of war. The Torah writes that Pharaoh “sent” the...

Liberal Judaism to produce first new Siddur since 1995

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Liberal Judaism has published its first new draft Shabbat service in more than two decades, as it begins a year-long process to produce a new Siddur. The new Siddur will be the movement’s first since...

Parashat Bo – בֹּא

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In this Parasha we learn about the three remaining plagues brought upon Pharaoh and his nation, once again to repay a “Midah KeNeged Midah" (“מידה כנגד מידה“), measure for measure punishment for what they...

The process of conversion is tied to community life

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As a small-town synagogue president, I field a lot of very interesting calls. I’ve talked to parents who are worried about their kids going to school far away from home, to such an un-Jewish...

Parashat Va’Eira וָאֵרָא

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Moshe is seventy-nine years old at this point in time (will be 80 on 7th of Adar) and Aaron is eighty-three years old; According to Miriam’s prophecy, Moshe will be eighty years old when...

Parashat Shemot שְׁמוֹת

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The book of Shemot spans the time period of Bnei-Yisrael’s exile in Egypt. The first verse has many hidden messages and Mitzvot that Bnei-Yisrael will be obligated to keep. The first four words in...