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Growing up, we always had dairy products on Shavuot. What is the connection between dairy and the holiday?
Growing up, we always had dairy products on Shavuot. What is the connection between dairy and the holiday? What a great question! There are two...
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While we have mezuzahs at home, I never thought to get one for the door to our business office. Is that what is traditionally done?
While we have mezuzahs at home, I never thought to get one for the door to our business office. Is that what is traditionally done?...
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Through Chanoch L’Naar, Character Development Takes Flight at Gann
In a story cross-posted from eJewish Philanthropy, Gann's Rabbi David Jaffe explains character development at Gann. New research featured in “The Harvard Education Letter” (Jan/Feb 2013)...
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Does Judaism approve of armed combat? In other words, can I, as a Jew, be required to kill a human being?
Zinna Alekseeva of Boston asks: "Does Judaism approve of armed combat? In other words, can I, as a Jew, be required to kill a human...
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In an interfaith relationship, if your partner is committed to a Jewish family and home but won't convert, is that enough?
When it comes to interfaith relationships, if your partner is committed to having a Jewish home and raising your children Jewish, but won't be converting, is...
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Lessons Learned While Sheltering in Place
Lessons Learned While Sheltering in Place Posted on April 22, 2013by whiteoakmusings Prayers, thoughts and connections from friends and family (near and far) do matter. In times...
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Boston Marathon Bombing #3: Our Children and The Good Guys
The first thing my eight-year-old asked me after we told her about the bombing was, “did they catch the bad guys?”And my response, of course,...
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Boston Marathon Bombing #2 - Evil Exists
Life is so complicated and growing more complicated every day. Most everything we deal with from personal struggles to communal crisis, from environmental issues to...
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Boston Marathon Bombing #1: What it means to pray
When tragedy explodes in life, sometimes naturally, sometimes organically, this time (and far too many times as of late) exploding through the works of evil...
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