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The Cat That Guards the Home: An Animal Chaplaincy Reflection from Perek Shirah

The Cat That Guards the Home: An Animal Chaplaincy Reflection from Perek Shirah

In Jewish tradition, there is a unique text known as Perek Shirah — “The Song of Creation.” It teaches that every part of creation has its own...

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Vayakhel–Pekudei: When Holiness Dwells Among Us

Vayakhel–Pekudei: When Holiness Dwells Among Us

Parashat Vayakhel–Pekudei brings Book of Exodus to its conclusion. The story that began with slavery in Egypt ends with the Divine Presence filling...

16.03.2026 40

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Signs of the Mashiach: Chinese Jews Returning and the Story of the Mashiach Cat

Chinese Jews, the revival of the Kanaani cat, and the quiet signs of redemption Signs of the Mashiach: From the Land of Sinim to the Kanaani Cat The...

13.03.2026 60

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The Song of the Kanaani: Cats, Creation, and a Shepherd’s Prayer

Kanaani Cats, Bereshit, and the Song of Creation There are moments in life when a person begins to feel that the world itself is speaking. Not through...

04.03.2026 60

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Leah and Ludmila: Kanaani Cats, the Lebanese Border, and a Flower Shop in Holon

13.02.2026 20

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Animal Chaplaincy and the Forgotten Prophetic Root of Judaism

11.02.2026 40

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Psalm before the Song of ABA

23.01.2026 100

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Pslams of Jabotinsky: Psalm One. The Bond of Generations

21.01.2026 100

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Vayechi — The Friday Evening of History

18.01.2026 80

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Seeing the End of Evil: Psalm 73 and Greenland

08.01.2026 30

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Understanding the Language of Animals: A Forgotten Jewish Wisdom

06.01.2026 50

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Why Do the Wicked Prosper While the Righteous Suffer? What the Psalms Say

23.12.2025 100

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The Kanaani Cat Breed — The Cat of Hanukkah

16.12.2025 70

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Cat-Arbuz: The Poster Boy of the KANAANI Breed

12.12.2025 90

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In God We Trust: KANAANI Breed Is Being Reborn in the United States

10.12.2025 60

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Kanaani: Observations of a Behavioral Analyst

08.12.2025 50

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The Path of Yaakov and the Path of Each of Us

29.11.2025 80

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Pushkin, the Queen of Sheba, and the Hidden Light of My Jewish Roots

12.11.2025 40

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Lech Lecha: A Letter to Abraham — From a Son to His Spiritual Father

03.11.2025 40

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The Kanaani Cat and Rosh Hashanah: The Animal That Still Remembers Eden

20.10.2025 90

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Animal Chaplaincy Journal #6 — Sukkot, 5786

09.10.2025 30

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The Great Fast of a Great Nation

04.10.2025 30

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Animal Chaplaincy Journal #5: The Hidden Choir of Brighton Beach

29.09.2025 40

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Animal Chaplaincy Journal. Entry #4: Many Voices, One Journey

26.09.2025 20

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Animal Chaplaincy Journal. Entry #3: The Eyes of the Bee

23.09.2025 40

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From Adam to Kanaani: My Personal Lech Lecha

23.09.2025 40

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Animal Chaplaincy Journal. Entry #2: New Eyes

21.09.2025 80

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Pet Defect Awareness Day: A New Language of Compassion

18.09.2025 40

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Ki Tavo: The First Fruits, the Legacy of Cain, and the Challenge of Our Time

13.09.2025 40

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Animal Chaplaincy: A First Offering — A Kitten and a Musician

10.09.2025 40

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Restitution as Teshuva: Opening the Gates of Blessing for Ukraine

10.08.2025 70

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Moses — The First Behavior Analyst in History

31.07.2025 30

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The Midrash of Jewish Odesa

30.07.2025 80

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True victory is when the darkness becomes light

26.07.2025 50

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Rebbe on Kindness and Rabbinic Moral Growth

24.07.2025 30

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