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sacrifice
7 haiku for Torah Portion Pinchas by Rick Lupert (Is it Kosher if I tune my guitar?)
Finding meaning in the ram
Why is the ram so important to Judaism?
In Dutch shechitah ban, Jews see a sign they are unwanted
A few streets over from the bookstore where Anne Frank bought her famous diary, the only kosher butcher shop in Holland is bustling. Two employees man the long counter at Slagerij Marcus, pausing from chopping meat to sell customers a bit of this or that for Shabbat dinner.
Should we ‘roll the dice’ on untested Obama?
Voters confuse Obama stagecraft with vision. He is articulate and confident but also glib and cocky. This is not a humble man who knows what he doesn\’t know.
In Quest for Meaning
Man is a meaning-seeking animal. Hardly a second goes by in which our mind does not stop its routine activities to ponder the meaning of the input it receives from our senses or from its own activities.
Sacrifices Address Emotion of Guilt
Offering a korban (from the word karov, to come close) is a hands-on project.
But this very human need is not given free rein; rather, the offering of sacrifices is governed by strict regulations, in order that we tangibly relate to God in a true, proper way.
A Letter
To: My vegetarian husband
From: His guilt-ridden wife, who keeps falling off the vegetable cart
Door to Holiness
So what\’s with the blood on the doors? In this week\’s Torah portion of Bo, we learn of the final steps leading up to the liberation of Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt.