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A Half-Shekel For the Environment
This coming Shabbos brings us the first of the arba parashot—the four Torah portions that come before Pesach—Shabbat...
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Re’eh: Gratitude for Trail Magic
For there will never cease to be hungry hikers on the trail. Every class of thru-hikers on any...
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Matot-Masei: Promises
This parsha contains the most voluminous treatment of vows in Torah. In common parlance, we think of a...
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Daughters of Tzelafchad: Women’s Voice in the Wilderness
This week’s parsha is Pinchas, Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 There is a candidate for a state house race here...