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AN IDEA TO CELEBRATE
At our Seder, a teenage guest named Natalie asked a question that is not in the Haggadah. We have Pesach to celebrate the end of Egyptian slavery, she said, so why dont we have a holiday to celebrate the … Continue reading →
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WHEN YOU GO OUT…
WHEN YOU GO OUT This weeks Torah reading in Deuteronomy 21-25 starts with the words Kee Tey-tzey — “When you go out.” In the course of the Sedrah we find many different laws, dealing with situations as different as family … Continue reading →
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VICTORY, DEFEAT AND REGRET
Right after the 6-Day War in 1967, the Israeli humorist Ephraim Kishon published a little book of cartoons called “So Sorry We Won,” satirizing the attitude he saw around him that shied away from anything like triumphalism. Like much of … Continue reading →
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UNITY AND DISTANCE
MATTOS One summer a shliakh — a representative — from Israel was visiting a California camp, and talking with the teenagers there. He told them that they were the people Israel wants. “I dont expect your parents to leave their … Continue reading →
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