admin | January 18, 2020
While Israel (Jacob) stayed in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his fathers concubine; and Israel (Jacob) found out.(Genesis 35:22) These are the only details shared in the Torah that Reuben, son of Jacob and Leah, lays with the handmaiden of Rachel, his fathers other wife. However, Bilhah is more than simply Rachels handmaiden, she is also the mother of Jacobs sons, Dan and Naftali.
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admin | January 18, 2020
Authors note: This brief talk was presented at the Hadran Womens Siyyum Ha-Shas in Jerusalem on January 5, 2020, 8 Tevet 5780. Standing at the podium, looking out on a sea of over 3,300 people, mostly women, celebrating Torah study together felt like walking in a dream. There was so much hope and power in that room.
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admin | January 16, 2020
By Judy Berger | January 15, 2020 Riverdales Yardaena Osband and her son Yonah Glazer.
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admin | January 16, 2020
Tractate Avot (Fathers) is unique within the Talmud in that it is composed of a series of rabbinic moral teachings and aphorisms without any discussion of Jewish law. While the first two chapters follow a clear chronological order, moving from teacher to disciple, from Moses until the end of the 2nd century CE, the fifth and final chapter begins by listing things of which there are ten, then things of which there are seven, and so on
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admin | January 16, 2020
Rabbi Steven Weil and Rabbi Menachem Genack on the floor at the siyum. (Credit: Moshe Gershbaum and Chaim Schwartz, Agudath Israel of America) It was an extraordinary and beautiful spectacle to witness the 13th Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi, held on Wednesday, January 1, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Hundreds of community members took the day off to celebrate with shul friends or their learning partners, with many entire families joining together to celebrate.
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admin | January 16, 2020
By JLNJ Staff | January 16, 2020 Maayanot graduates are empowered to achieve in any field, be it engineering, medicine, law or education.
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admin | January 16, 2020
When it comes to an understanding of a subject, context is vital.
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admin | January 15, 2020
By Hila Schlakman EFRAT I didnt start learning the Talmud to take a stand or voice an opinion.
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admin | January 15, 2020
This is the second in a series of occasional essays by David Wolpe on lesser-known figures in Jewish history. The first, on the biblical king Josiah, is available here. If youre ever moved to ransack the Jewish past for voices you may feel are missingthe marginalized, the hushed, the heretical avatars of Jewish historytheyre right there, hiding in plain sight.
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admin | January 15, 2020
After a barrage of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, January 2020 arrived with a burst of #JewishandProud energy. People gathered at rallies, began to wear their Magen David necklaces and donned their kippot. And there was a swell of interest in Daf Yomi, a daily Talmud study project that takes 7 1/2 years to complete.
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