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War and Peace
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War and Peace

Whether you get lost in the pages of Tolstoy or Torah, some things in life are certain and clear. Some paths are righteous, and others are not. One can get very turned around in the complexity of life's choices. Yet, if you tune in your years to God’...

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Returning to Your Own
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Returning to Your Own

Torah describes the laws of shemitah, the laws of the sabbatical year, and also yovel, a Jubilee year. This was a time when Israel was challenged to let the land have its Shabbat, a complete rest from agriculture. And yet this rest was not going to bring economic suffering upon...

Marking Heads
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Marking Heads

The Psalms of Solomon are sometimes called Songs of Shlomo (מזמורי שלמה), a book that should not be confused with the Wisdom of Solomon and the Odes of Solomon. Solomon was popular in antiquity, so a number of ancient books bare his name. Psalms of Solomon is a collection of...

Sleeping at the Foot of Sinai
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Sleeping at the Foot of Sinai

In modern Shavuot celebrations, it is customary to stay up late and to study Torah into the morning hours. Why? Many rabbis would say that we follow this custom because when Hashem decided to give Israel the mitzvot (commandments), they were asleep at the foot of Sinai. They were not...

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