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Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020

Moses and the Exodus

The main story of the Passover holiday is the Exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. As Jews, this is a seminal event that…

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Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016

Walking into the Abyss

Tomorrow morning, I awaken to walk into the abyss.  I know I'm being overly dramatic, but I am returning my rental car and beginning a…

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Posted on April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

Sirens

Today, Israel stopped for 2 minutes for a siren.  Every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, sirens sound at 10:00 a.m.  Cars on the roads pull…

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Posted on February 25, 2015February 26, 2015

Eight Days a Week

I recently visited the Kathisma Church in southern Jerusalem.  The Katisma church was a Byzantine shrine from the 5th century.  The building was octagonal with its…

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Posted on April 12, 2014April 12, 2014

Silence

We are coming up to the holiday of Passover.  And it occurs to me that my life over the last few years has a lot…

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Posted on March 12, 2013

Storytime

The holiday of Passover approaches.  You can feel it in the hot bursts of spring air - sharav as it is called in modern parlance…

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Posted on April 5, 2012September 3, 2012

Passover

Today's blog is inspired by a story I read by Robby Berman, director of HODS, the Halachic Organ Donation Society.  He posted on Facebook about…

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