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WordPress just updated my blog site, and all archived blogs now have punctuation errors where the apostrophe has turned into a question mark. Please bear this in mind while reading my past blogs. There are some new features at the … Continue reading →

  Seven plagues came and went over Egypt, sanctions that no human authority could impose. Blood in the river, frogs on land, gnats filling the air, beetles swarming through houses and fields, murrain decimating the livestock, boils afflicting the people, hail terrifying … Continue reading →

 ויקח קרח The first words of this week’s Torah portion pose a        question that echoes down the centuries. Korach rises up to challenge the leadership of Moses and the High Priesthood of Aaron, becoming a prototype for self-interested … Continue reading →

  As a beginning cantor, age 17, my first High Holiday job was in a small town community where the little synagogue had limited facilities. In its lobby was just one restroom, and that restroom had this sign on the … Continue reading →

Of the various duties assigned to Aaron the High Priest and his sons in the Book of Numbers, this week’s portion Naso contains the one that is clearly the most familiar and also the most outstanding. Sacrificial functions were stopped … Continue reading →