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Moscow on the Jordan: Why Russia is eyeing the Palestinian arena – Haaretz

| May 27, 2020

"This is complete nonsense, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told his countrys Tass news agency in response to rumors of a Russian proposal for an American-Palestinian peace summit. They come up with all sorts of phantasmagoria.

Shavuot: The Holiday for the People of the Book – The Jewish Voice

| May 27, 2020

By: Rabbi Jonathan Feldman, PhD Shavuot could be considered the holiday of the book. Unlike Rosh Hashanah which has the shofar, Chanukah which has the menorah and Sukkot which has the four species and the sukkah, Shavuot has no concrete symbol

Whatever happened to the Ten Commandments? – The Jerusalem Post

| May 27, 2020

The Torah reading for Shavuot includes the Ten Commandments, following the opinion of one of the Tannaim (early Sages). This is, no doubt, the result of the rabbinic belief that the Torah was given on Mt. Sinai on Shavuot (Shabbat 86b).Even so, its very surprising that we read the Ten Commandments in public only on Shavuot and as part of the weekly portions of Yitro (Exodus 20) and Vaethanan (Deuteronomy 5).

A New Collection of the Rebbe’s Public Letters Published in Time for Shavuot – Universal and deeply personal, ‘michtavim klaliim’ set the tone for the…

| May 27, 2020

To the Sons and Daughters of Our People of Israel, Everywhere. It was with these words that the RebbeRabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of righteous memorybegan his public letters, which were transcribed and published before major Jewish holidays each year. These letters, known as michtavim klaliim (general letters), would set the tone for the upcoming holiday

The rush to return to our sanctuaries is misplaced – Jewish Journal

| May 27, 2020

Last week, President Donald Trump called for churches, synagogues and mosques to reopen. In a press conference, the president said, In America we need more prayer, not less.


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