Yeladim
Abby Gilad
March 17, 2005
We know that Adar is a month of great joy. But there is one day, the 7th of Adar, which falls this year on March 18, when we take a small break from joy.
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The Nation and The World
Abby Gilad
February 3, 2005
Does your mother ever tell you to clean up your room or put your socks in the laundry? And when you ask her why you have to do it, does she say: \”Because I said so\”?
Kilmer’s Moses a Real ‘Ten’
Gaby Wenig
September 16, 2004
Val Kilmer plays Moses in \”The Ten Commandments,\” the new musical version of the Exodus story, which is set to open at the Kodak Theatre on Sept. 27.
Imagining Caleb
Rabbi Zoë Klein
July 8, 2004
Our Torah portion devotes more than 60 verses to the census of the Israelites.
A Divine Call to Action
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
March 25, 2004
The midrash in the Yalkut Shimoni uses this insight to provide a beautiful homily. The midrash points out that the one who flees from positions of honor and authority, achieves honor and authority.
Divine Wedding
Rabbi Zoë Klein
March 11, 2004
Years ago, my husband and I climbed the alleged Mount Sinai, the Perseus shower streaked the Egyptian night sky with shooting stars.
Door to Holiness
Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski
January 29, 2004
So what\’s with the blood on the doors? In this week\’s Torah portion of Bo, we learn of the final steps leading up to the liberation of Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt.
What’s in a Name?
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
January 22, 2004
When Jews come across the biblical name for God — spelled yod-hay-vav-hay in Hebrew — custom teaches us to substitute the term Adonai ("my Lord"), for according to Jewish tradition those letters are the unpronounceable name of God.
Under the Circumstances
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
January 15, 2004
The great violinist, Itzhak Perlman, suffered from polio as a child and ever since has been in a wheelchair. On one occasion, while performing a violin concerto, one of the strings broke. It occurred in the very first movement with an audible ping. Everyone waited to see what he would do. With astonishing virtuosity, he continued as if nothing had happened, playing through to the finale using only the remaining three strings.
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