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Shamai LeibowitzThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
Using nothing more than a warm meal, a safe roof, and a radical commitment to Jewish justice, August and Henrietta Bondi turned their home in Greeley,...
For centuries, Jews took the Mishnah’s instruction literally: “Pray for the stability of the government…” (Pirkei Avot 3:2) “Pray for...
Have you ever heard of aibohphobia? You cannot afford to “suffer” from this phobia in this week’s parsha, Shelach (outside of Israel). In the...
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...
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