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In Ki Tetze, we are given many mitzvot to do -- 613, actually. What\'s a mitzvah? A commandment to do a good deed, or to follow directions to perform a certain ritual. As a Jew, it is important to do both. We become role models for the world in our acts of charity, and we remember who we are and where we came from through our ritual.
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August 26, 2004

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In Ki Tetze, we are given many mitzvot to do — 613, actually. What’s a mitzvah? A commandment to do a good deed, or to follow directions to perform a certain ritual. As a Jew, it isimportant to do both. We become role models for the world in our acts of charity, and we remember who we are and where we came from through our ritual.

Munich Memorial

As the 2004 Olympics draw to a close, it is ourhope that the whole world will rememberthe 11 Israeli athletes who died during the1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.They were kidnapped and killedby a Palestinian group calledBlack September.

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