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Strange Fires
By Zalman Posner
The "strange fire" brought in to the sanctuary by Aaron's two sons can be easily identified in many of today's sanctuaries too.
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Shemini » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Strange Fires
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Hanging By a Wick
By Vanessa Paloma
I attended Catholic school, and I was instructed by my parents not to believe anything they taught me but to follow along. To say the least, I was a spiritually confused child...
Women » Acts of Transformation » Candle Lighting » Hanging By a Wick
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A Mixture of Wild Beasts
By Yitschak Meir Kagan
During the first three plagues the Jews were also affected. During the fourth the Jews were not affected. What was the difference?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Va'eira » Parshah Columnists » A Thought for the Week » A Mixture of Wild Beasts
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Walls and Gates
By Yanki Tauber
Walls insulate and isolate. Breached boundaries leave us vulnerable to attack and loss of identity. What, then, is it that we need?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Walls and Gates
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Why Be Jewish?
By Aron Moss
Assimilation is when non-Jews love us so much they want to marry us. Anti-Semitism is when non-Jews hate us so much they want to kill us. Why can't we, for once, think about what we think of ourselves?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Jewish Identity » Why Be Jewish?
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The Love Trap
By Lazer Gurkow
We are far more willing to tolerate differences with those who validate us than with those who don't. In a friend's hands such trust can enhance a relationship; but in the hands of a foe such trust can be cunningly exploited...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayishlach » Parshah Columnists » Inner Stream » The Love Trap
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Sosua
By Mendel Cohen
Baila, who fled Nazi Europe as a young girl, wept as her 5-year-old granddaughter kissed a mezuzah for the first time. Paula, who grew up in New Jersey and married a non-Jew, has mixed feelings about her own daughter's discovery of Judaism...
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Sosua
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Jews and Oil
By Yossy Goldman
How do we strike a balance between retaining our Jewish identity on the one hand, while at the same time being citizens of the world?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Tetzaveh » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Sermonette » Jews and Oil
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Remember Me Forever
By Sara Esther Crispe
On my desk sit the pictures and the invitation. The pictures are of a past generation that never really was, and the invitation represents the future generation that may never be...
Society & Living » Voices » Days of our Lives » Remember Me Forever
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A Fifth Son
By Yeruchem Eilfort
At the seder we discuss the "Four Sons": the Wise Son, the Wicked Son, the Simple Son, and the Son Who Doesn't Know How To Ask. Modern society has produced a fifth son...
Jewish Holidays » Passover » The Seder » The Haggadah » Thoughts on the Haggadah » A Fifth Son
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