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Most Jews are aware the Torah forbids us from eating pork.

There are theories about this prohibition, but the truth is we don't really know why. The Torah just says don't - twice.

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It was exactly eight years ago this Pesach that I learned a meaningful lesson, both as a rabbi and as a human being.

Her name was Sharon. She has since passed into the world of souls.

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Maimonides (1135-1204), one of Judaism's greatest teachers, was infuriated by a trend in his own lifetime -- one which continues today.

He noted large clusters of males sitting and...Read more...

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There is a new movement within the United States which is showing success in reversing negative feelings towards Israel.

The approach, particularly successful on some college campuses, involves in part, turning down the volume on anti-Semitism through the ages, and increasing focus on Israel today, as a positive and progressive world player.Read more...

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The Talmud tells us of the day that Moses was jettisoned more than a thousand years into the future, into the classroom of one of our greatest Sages, Rabbi...Read more...