There is nothing more “treif” (non-kosher) than a pig. In this week’s Torah portion, we are introduced to the Pig, the animal that has always represented the prototype of impurity, the quintessential […]
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How can you know who someone really is? In what way can we get real insight into the strength of one’s character? Using a pithy alliteration, the Talmud gives us some advice
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This year, the recently completed festivals, always a time of joy, were even more joyous than usual. Why? Because he’s home. Gilad Shalit is home. Everyone’s son, everyone’s brother, is
Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.(“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, mounted on the Statue of Liberty). We all yearn to breathe free, to
Parshas Acharie Mos – Let Freedom Ring Read More »