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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.

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.

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