Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
If someone was unable to participate in the Passover offering at
the proper time, they would offer the sacrifice a month later.
As the procession approached the location for the chupah they were encountered by a solitary Jew in a wagon, a stranger that no one recognized....
The wise person begins each day as a small child. Every cell of his being is dedicated to learning wisdom, and so from every person he finds some wisdom to learn.
Each day, he rises to great heights of wisdom. And yet, the next morning, he begins all over again, as a small child, in wonder.
Nowadays, there is really no reason why a person would prevent himself from becoming ritually impure. An exception is the male kohen, descendant of Aaron, brother of Moses.
The prevalence of suicide in our society has been gradually rising. What is Judaism's perspective on this urgent and oft-times taboo topic.
Those who cut down healthy trees see no blessing in their work
– Talmud, Pesachim 50b
"Second Passover"
(1312 BCE)
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(2nd Century CE)
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Jews of Bisenz Massacred
(1605)
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Germans Burn Jewish Books
(1933)
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Eichmann Captured in Buenos Aires
(1960)
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