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“Moses and Joshua Bowing Before the Ark” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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A building is just a building. The magic is what happens inside it.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 17, 2023March 16, 2023

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Vayakhel-Pekudei Exodus 35:1–40:38 When the Jewish people were about to build their first synagogue — […]

Benjamin West's "Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant" (Image/Wikimedia Commons)
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All systems go! How the Jews began their takeoff in Exodus

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
Detail from an illustration in "Figures de la Bible" (1728) shows the two cherubim facing each other on top of the ark.
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Here it is, a Divine truth: See the good in Jews you don’t agree with

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 12, 2021March 12, 2021
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
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A navigation system for life’s journey

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 7, 2019
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

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