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Shamai LeibowitzThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
However, the Talmud (Bava Metzia 58b) interprets the second mention as a distinct prohibition against verbal mistreatment. Known as ona’at...
Yesterday we ushered in the Hebrew month of Sivan (סִיוָן). What is its origin?
Several weeks of Sefirat HaOmer —until the 33rd day (“Lag BaOmer”)—are observed as a period of semi-mourning. It is customary to avoid...
“A Nazi guard beat me on my skull until my head was bleeding. I collapsed on the ground… I wanted to do the mitzvah of counting the Omer, so with...
Ramadan may have ended about a week ago—but it leaves behind a question that most Hebrew speakers would get wrong: Does ‘Ramadan’ have a...
Most Ashkenazi synagogues are making an unnecessary mistake this Shabbat. On Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before Purim, we read a special...