Shmini Atzeret 5767
Today is Shmini Atzeret – a day the Torah tells us is a holiday in its own right, separate but
Read MoreToday is Shmini Atzeret – a day the Torah tells us is a holiday in its own right, separate but
Read More(photo of Reb Barry in front of a Gaza settler’s home, July 2005) I had an op-ed piece published in
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Read MoreWhat is it that makes a synagogue a House of God? It’s not an impressive ark, it’s not the Ner
Read MoreGod willing, this time next year, Lauri and I, and our three youngest children will be living in Israel. We
Read MoreWe are two days away from Yom Kippur. In two days, after a very intense 24 hours of fasting and
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