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chschwartz - March 8, 2013
I cannot read Parashat Va-Yetze dispassionately. The struggle between two sisters for the love of the same man, the back and forth attempt to win his affections by bearing more and more children, and the visible jealousy and pain that each one ...
chschwartz - October 25, 2012
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it." ( Hamlet , act 5, scen ...
chschwartz - September 28, 2012
My uncle was in his midforties when he was diagnosed. A burly man with a wild red beard and a huge laugh, his doctor's appointment—just weeks after his twin daughters had celebrated becoming b'not mitzvah—was supposed to be a routine vis ...
chschwartz - October 11, 2012
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chschwartz - October 4, 2012
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ccnmtl - October 8, 2012
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chschwartz - October 11, 2012
This final parashah of Genesis bears a cryptic title: Va-yehi, "He (that is, Jacob) lived." Well, of course he lived, and soon he will die, but how has he lived? What legacy does he bequeath? These are the questions that concer ...
ccnmtl - October 30, 2012
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ccnmtl - October 8, 2012
Interreligious Conversion Talmud The Essential Talmud: 10 Talmudic Topics Every Jew Should Know. ...
Anonymous (not verified) - October 5, 2012