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Literary critic, poet andWall Street Journaleditor Adam Kirsch visited Yeshiva University on September 21 for a conversation with students from theZahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thoughtand theJay and Jeannie Schottenstein Honors Program. Kirsch spoke with Straus Center Program Officer Tal Fortgang and a room full of Yeshiva College students about his book,Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-Half-Year Journey Through the Talmud, and his series of columns forTableton hisDaf Yomi(daily Talmud study)excursion
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Dirshuni: Contemporary Womens MidrashEdited by Tamar BialaBrandeis University Press, 304 pp., $30.00 When the ancient rabbis had a question about the Torahan important detail that seemed to be missing, an inconsistency between two passages, even a redundant word or versethey would often solve the problem by writing a midrash, or story, filling in the missing piece or reconciling the seeming contradiction. One well-known example of such a midrash is the story of the young Abraham smashing the idols in his fathers workshop, then claiming that the largest idol had done it, so as to trick his father into admitting the idols were merely powerless, human-made statues.
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admin | September 29, 2022
Why Yom Kippur is one of the happiest days of the year.
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) -- Sunday is the start of Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, which marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days. The millennia-old holiday is an occasion for reflection and is often celebrated with prayer, symbolic foods, and the blowing of a traditional horn called a shofar
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In 1930, the Lublin School of Sages was opened in Lublin. It was the birthchild of Rabbi Meir Shapiro (pictured) and at the time it was the largest and most modern Yeshiva in the world to educate future generations of rabbis. Press materials A World War Two mystery has come a step closer to being resolved after two books from the lost religious library of what was once the largest Talmudic school in the world were returned to Lublin.
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In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed Bohemian Rhapsody.
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As American followers of Jesus, including Baptists, come to grips with the reality and implications of our countrys historical record of racist actions and structures such as slavery, lynchings, and systemic discrimination (housing, employment, education, segregation, etc.), the question of reparations inevitably must be addressed.
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Rabbi Scott Colbert with Temple B'nai Sholom encourages the community to attend their services and says their congregation is "thriving." HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, concluded recently and Yom Kippur is just around the corner. Rabbi Scott Colbert in Huntsville wants to share their religion with the growing community
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People ride bicycles in the middle of carless roadways in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur 2014.
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The sculpture uncovered at the Merrick Jewish Centre in Merrick, New York Photo by Brad Kolodny By Brad KolodnySeptember 22, 2022 The massive mirrored wall in the lobby of the Merrick Jewish Centre struck many in the congregation as outdated. More than 14 feet high from floor to ceiling, and 12 feet wide, it worked for the Long Island synagogue when it was installed about three decades ago.
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