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My Mother’s Ketubah
My mother, z”l, had a ketubah. It wasn’t much to look at. A not-very-fancy-affair, it was handwritten on a piece of legal-size yellow paper by Rav Zalman Sorotzkin rabbi of Lutsk, Poland — my mother’s home town. Two witnesses from … Continue reading
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Kitniyot – A Pre-Yom Hashoah Reflection
Why am I writing about my custom of not eating kitniyot (legumes) on Pesah on the eve of Yom Hashoah? Well, besides the close proximity of the two dates (it was less than a week ago that I was defending … Continue reading
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Abraham’s Tent
Tomorrow, January 5th, marks the Tenth of Tevet, a dawn-to-nightfall fast day commemorating the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem in the first temple period (586 BCE). As with other fast days during the year, more than one historical tragedy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, babylonian exile, beit Hamikdash, Chief Rabbi, Children of Abraham, Cycle of the Jewish year, Fast days, First Temple, Haredi, Holocaust, Israel, Israel society, Jewish fast days, Judaism, Learning, Midrash, Mishnah, religious coercion in Israel, tenth of Tevet, Torah
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Why not a Holocaust Seder?
Today, I gave a student of mine a little pamphlet I received a number of years ago called “Megillat HaShoah” The Holocaust Megillah. I explained to her how uncomfortable I am about the ritualization of something that is so personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Learning, Midrash, Nazi, Passover, Religion, Seder, Shoah, Torah, Trochenbrod
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The Three Weeks — Jews Just Don’t Wanna Have Fun (preface)
Dani Sanderson — \”Just Me & My Surfboard\” — What if there were no \’bein hametzorim\’? Introduction A religious act or observance is a juncture of law, custom and superstition. It’s also an expression of belief in a system that … Continue reading
