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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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Tagged Cycle of the Jewish year, Haredim, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Law, Jewish Studies, Learning, Passover, Rabbi, Religion, Religion and mythology, Relisgious Jews, Shoah, Talmud, tradition, Trochenbrod
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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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