Tuesday, November 18, 2014

And Aharon Was Silent

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Today marks another tragedy for Israel, for Jews everywhere and for humanity. My personal request to those of you who feel that I...
Friday, October 3, 2014

We Have Met the Enemy, And He Is Us! - Four Sons Walked Into Paradise part 9

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Impollutable Pogo by Walt Kelly, 1970 It is now the eve of Yom Kippur and I have evil on my mind. I return now to our Evi...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A Rosh Hashannah Wish

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משנה מסכת עוקצין פרק ג משנה יב אמר רבי שמעון בן חלפתא לא מצא הקדוש ב " ה כלי מחזיק ברכה לישראל אלא השלום שנאמר ( תהלים כ " ט ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

What's It To You? - Four Sons Walked Into Paradise part 8

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For those of you who just can't get enough of the subtleties of biblical Hebrew, here is another stab at answering the question we ra...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

It's Not You...It's Us -- with a little more depth (a grammatical interlude)

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My friend, Steve Froikin, had a sharp critique of my previous post . I am bringing his comments immediately below and then my reply. Again...
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

It's Not You...It's Us! - Four Sons Walked into Paradise part 7

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As promised , I will show you two approaches of how the M'chilta came to understand that the Evil Son's question is taken to exc...
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Friday, August 8, 2014

And Now For Something Evil! - Four Sons Walk Into Paradise part 6

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This post is dedicated to my newest granddaughter, רות (Rut-- pronounced like 'root'), daughter of Dorin and Ezra Bassel and siste...
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