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Recently I did two amazing things; two things that seem to have nothing in common, but are surprisingly intertwined.I finished Masechet Shabbat, the second masechet in the seven-and-a-half-year cycle of learning Talmud. And I finished the first 100 kilometers of the Israel Trail, a trail that consists of about 1,100 kilometers in total.As I started considering these two accomplishments and thinking about how proud I am of myself and how grateful I am to have the opportunity to reach this moment, I realized just how similar these two activities are.Last year, my family set a goal of walking the Israel Trail together. So far, we have found nine days to put aside for the task, and we broke each day into 10- to 12-kilometer hikes
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admin | August 20, 2020
The laws of marriage are derived from the Torah portion of Ki Teitzei. The Talmud explains that there are three ways to betroth a woman: A woman is acquired by (i.e., becomes betrothed to) a man to be his wife in three ways, and she acquires herself (i.e., she terminates her marriage) in two ways.
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admin | August 20, 2020
By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks In Shoftim, Moses speaks about the great institutions of Judaism: courts, judges, officers, kings, priests, Levites and prophets. In the case of the prophet, Moses says in the name of G-d: I will raise up a prophet for them from among their own people, like yourself: I will put My words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him. (Deut.
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admin | August 20, 2020
Much of the Book of Genesis zeros in on the family that became the nation of Israel. Its an inspiring and intriguing story but missing many details we would really like to know.Midrashic literature fills in many of the blanks, but the text itself reveals nothing about Abrahams background before he was chosen by God and shares little information about Abrahams son, Issac. Jacobs few recorded conversations mainly express strife and sadness.And what of Jacobs sons, who form the foundation of the Twelve Tribes of Israel?Relatively full pictures emerge of Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Judah and Joseph.
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admin | August 20, 2020
Trumps brokering of the disputed deal helps the incumbent president shore up the Christian Zionist vote ahead of the November presidential election. As the dust settles on the announcement of normalisation between the UAE and Israel, focus is turning to the less prominent beneficiaries of the disputed deal. Christian Evangelicals, who have been a driving force behind the White Houses pro-Israel policy for generations, have welcomed the agreement between the Gulf Arab state and Israel to make their alliance public.
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admin | August 20, 2020
A river that runs through an Israeli kibbutz has in recent weeks become a seething arena of controversy, violence, and hatred. Interestingly and unconventionally the usual suspects in the Israeli political landscape have been turned on their heads in this particular struggle, with prominent Israeli leftists standing in staunch support of gated communities and against equality and distributive justice, all while vocalizing harsh opposition to the enforcement of law.
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There is a saying, that when Washington sneezes the whole world will catch a cold. Ironically, it was China that sneezed first - in the form of the outbreak on January 23 2020that led to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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As anticipation builds for the opening of Israels new National Library sometime next year, it is important to recall its more-than-a-century long antecedents.Bnai Brith established its first lodge in Jerusalem in 1888, when the organization, founded in New York, was already 45 years old. The lodge attracted a mix of rabbis, academics, translators and other professionals to its mission of fostering Jewish identity and public service. Indeed, the first mazkir or secretary of the Jerusalem Lodge was none other than Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the father of the modern Hebrew language.Early attempts to found libraries in Jerusalem were short lived, due in no small part to a lack of funding.
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