Bereshit 5772 — We hold these truths to be self-evident
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Everyone knows the famous words that open America’s
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Month: October 2011
Redeeming captives — at what price?
As I write this I am at sea, on my way home to Israel from Egypt (via Rome, which admittedly
Read MoreYom Kippur 5772 — Repent a day before your death
I spent all of Yom Kippur last year in a hospice in Denver, Colorado. In an institution filled with people
Read MoreYom Kippur 5772 — God the Merciful, Man the Judgmental
On Yom Kippur we read the story of Jonah, the reluctant prophet who fled from his God-assigned mission on a
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