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The Silence of the Sixth

The Silence of the Sixth

What if the most important part of Shavuot was not the thunder, lightning, or even the giving of the Torah itself? What if it was the silence? We...

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Bob Barocas

Two Boot Prints in the Snow

On my walk to the Agudath of Highland Park/Edison a few days after the recent blizzard in New Jersey, the kind the Northeast hasn’t seen since the...

24.02.2026 70

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Bob Barocas

What Kind of Sukkah are You?

Life is full of tests. Some of them we choose, but many of them choose us. Some tests are predictable while others come out of nowhere. The real...

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Bob Barocas

Defeating the Seven-Headed Serpent (Then and Now)

29.01.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bob Barocas