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Meditating spies

By Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
Published on June 19, 2008

Parshat Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)

Why is there so much disillusionment, fear and unsettling behavior in this parsha? And what can we learn from the chaos?

Mikvah: Calming Waters for a Chaotic Life

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman
Published on September 7, 2006

Mikvah attendance requires conscious, vigorous preparation, including bathing, washing and combing the hair, cutting fingernails and removing all jewelry, makeup or anything that is a barrier between a woman and the mikvah waters. It gives a woman the opportunity to luxuriate in being "squeaky clean" and offers a time to focus on the miracles of being a woman.

Meet the Fockers

By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 23, 2004

The loud, affectionate, occasionally crude, left-wing bohemian Fockers are essentially the polar opposites of the Byrneses. And so the fun begins, as Greg tries to convince his future father-in-law that his family won't be a "chink in the chain" of his lineage.


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