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Pinny Arnon

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Mah Nishtana HaSHANA Hazeh: Why is this year different on Passover?

Mah Nishtana HaSHANA Hazeh: Why is this year different on Passover?

In the coming days, God will infuse the world with an unprecedented capacity for liberation and transcendence! Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it before....

01.04.2026 40

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Pinny Arnon

Shabbos Hagadol: What Makes This Shabbos Greater Than Others?

The Shabbos before Passover is called “Shabbos Hagadol,” the Great Sabbath. What is it about this Shabbos that makes it worthy of such a title...

27.03.2026 40

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Letting Go of Who I Was Yesterday

Parshas Vayikra opens with a discussion of “karbonos,” the daily service in the Temple where offerings were brought on the altar. We begin every...

20.03.2026 50

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The Heart of the Book of Exodus

Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet corresponds to a number, and the word “לב/leiv/heart” corresponds to the number 32 (ל/lamed is 30 and...

06.03.2026 50

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The World is Awakening this Purim!

At the open of the sixth chapter of the Megillah, king Ahashverosh is unable to sleep: “בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא נָדְדָה...

03.03.2026 60

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Moses Erased: Why does Moses tell God to blot his name from the Torah?

Moses’s name is mentioned in every portion of the Torah from the time of his birth except for this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh. The Sages explain that...

27.02.2026 90

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Be a Maccabee! The Secret of Jewish Survival and Victory

17.12.2025 30

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Jacob’s Wells, And The “Philistines” Who Try To Plug Them

21.11.2025 80

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Don’t Get Too Comfortable!

01.11.2025 40

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How To Earn Respect and Be Fearless in a World of Conflict

25.10.2025 40

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Pinny Arnon

Chag Ha’Asif: Time to Reach Out and Gather In

11.10.2025 80

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On Rosh Hashana, G-d Embraces ‘All of You’

20.09.2025 60

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“All the People are Holy”: The Truth &; The Fallacy In Utopian Calls For Peace

27.06.2025 30

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Your Mission Here and Now

26.04.2025 30

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Beyond the Cloud of Concealment: Bridging the Mortal and the Divine

04.04.2025 30

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An Alternate Reality, When Reality Is Too Hard

21.02.2025 30

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‘Who am I?’: Moses and the Key to Overcoming Self-Doubt

17.01.2025 60

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