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Torah

Lag Ba'omer is commonly celebrated with a big bonfire. (Photo/Flickr-Yoninah CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Celebrating Lag Ba’Omer with the holy fools of Chelm

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan May 3, 2018May 3, 2018
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
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What makes us different? And what makes us holy?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau April 26, 2018
"Memorial Tablet and Omer Calendar" by Baruch Zvi Ring, ca. 1900
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What childbirth teaches us about counting the Omer

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen April 20, 2018April 20, 2018
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
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How does meat get to the table? Connecting food, kashrut and values

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider April 13, 2018
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Poster for the 1960 film "The Story of Ruth," directed by Harry Koster and starring Peggy Wood in the title role
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Our Passover story is a chance to reaffirm that we are all Jews by choice

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand April 6, 2018
From Isaac Abravanel's haggadah, published in Altona, Germany, 1763. (Photo/Flickr-Library and Archives of Canada CC BY 2.0)
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The haggadah tells us to work for the liberation of all

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 29, 2018April 2, 2018
"Elijah and the Angel," by George Richmond, ca.  1825 (Image/Tate CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
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On this Passover, open the door to better days ahead

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman March 23, 2018March 23, 2018
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Take this week’s Torah portion with a literal grain of salt

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 16, 2018
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
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4 questions to ask of our leaders before Passover

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 9, 2018March 8, 2018
Imentet and Ra from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BCE. When the Israelites left Egypt, they felt lost without the rich visuals of Egyptian religion.
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Put down your iPhone (read: idol) and teach some Torah to a child

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

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