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September 4, 2010 | Erev Rosh Hashana

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The Shabbat Experience

Posted by Rabbi Avi Heller | Tags: Mishpatim

The idea of Shabbat is one of the most important Jewish contributions to the world. The Talmud says (Yerushalmi, Berachot 1) that Shabbat is equivalent to (lit. measures up against) all the other commandments in the whole Torah[1]. The Torah begins (Genesis 1) with the seven days of creation leading...

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My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Mishpatim

Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Mishpatim

The Israelites have experienced the revelation at Sinai and now it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty of spelling out the laws. Where to begin? Amazingly, Parshah Mishpatim begins with the law dealing with Hebrew slaves. Given that the Israelites themselves had just been freed, why start...

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A Pesach Poem: "Thank You, God, for Chametz"

Posted by Rabbi Menachem Creditor, April 8, 2009

When I slither on my belly with my children, looking for the Chametz I myself hid, I am aware that deep ritual involves both gravitas and silliness. When I stand with my family, watching the Chametz burn, I am transported. I smell, I feel, my sacrifice burning. When I recite the Aramaic...read more

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My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Pesach

Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel, April 24, 2008

This Shabbat is the seventh day of Pesach, which means we pause in the cycle of Torah readings and get a rerun from several weeks ago, reading part of Parshah B’Shallach. The reason is obvious: it tells of the Exodus, the parting of the sea, and then Moses leading the Israelites in the Song at...read more

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Daniel M. Kimmel is a Boston area film critic,...

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