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David HarbaterThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The Akedah-the Binding of Isaac- which appears in this week’s parasha- is arguably the most painful and heart-rending stories in all of the Torah. I...
After Abraham (named Abram at the time) arrives in the land of Canaan, and then passes through it, God promises: “I will assign this land to your...
On Shabbat/Simchat Torah, the Jewish people suffered its’ most devastating day since the Holocaust. It was not just the sheer numbers of people...
The holiday of Sukkot is known in the Torah by two names: Chag ha-Sukkot– (חג הסוכות) -the Feast of Booths (Leviticus 23:34; Deuteronomy...
While we are all called upon to engage in introspection and to correct our ways during this time of the year, there is someone else who engages in...
There is something bizarre about the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Since it marks the new year, a new beginning, it is, for most of us, a time of...