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Lost for Words

The word Aveida, is used seldomly in the Torah, to describe what is to be done if someone comes across something that is lost. Perhaps most famously...

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Knead to Know

It is an intriguing way to open the Seder, and specifically Maggid the telling of the story. – הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא This is the...

01.04.2026 50

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Purpose Built

The dramatic and profound statement is this time not made with abstruseness, recorded following the instructions to build the tabernacle 25:8. ...

26.02.2026 60

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Face Value

The current compulsion to re-imagine Israel education is exhausting and exhilarating – yes, both. The concern of the growing number of non or...

19.02.2026 50

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Protest Song

30.01.2026 50

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Pesach Sheni

10.04.2025 40

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