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"Moses Pleading With Israel" from a 1907 postcard
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Always pursue justice, and you’ll always do your best

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf August 13, 2021August 12, 2021
Cash registers were invented to counteract employees' temptation to steal;  a "Shabbat box" can help keep mobile devices out of our hands on Shabbat.
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How the cash register figures into a soulful, joyous Shabbat

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 5, 2021August 6, 2021
"Moses Pleading With Israel" from a 1907 postcard
Posted inTorah

All of Judaism in one tidy Torah portion

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 23, 2021July 22, 2021
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
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How this week’s cries of woe lead us to greater insight

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-John McCullough CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Our journey through Covid must count for something

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 9, 2021July 8, 2021
engraving of several women standing before moses, who is seated on a throne
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How 5 Jewish daughters reformed a rule and changed society 

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein July 2, 2021July 1, 2021
Congregation Sherith Israel's first in-person Shabbat service in over a year, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
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As we return to community life, we will dwell again under the tent

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf June 25, 2021June 24, 2021
Why isn't Wile E. Coyote falling? Because he hasn't looked down yet.
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Where the Jewish people’s enduring faith and optimism comes from

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 18, 2021June 17, 2021
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
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Unite for a positive cause, not against a common enemy

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 11, 2021June 10, 2021
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
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Without visiting, can you really know Israel?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 4, 2021June 3, 2021

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