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What being in Egypt really means for Jews
You can read the same book several times over the course of your life and each time, you’ll derive different meanings from it.
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The Unrelenting Pain
Israel is in the corner, alone.
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When the Torah Whispers
The Torah speaks to us in many ways.
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Is being of "One Heart" possible?
Lev Echad [One Heart] is a phrase of hope and unity said by our Prophets
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God has a Name
Oddly enough, one of the words that I really, really dislike is a name [that academics and those generally not Jewish use] for the Divine.
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Knowing Less, Understanding More
We like to feel that we know things.
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A deeper meaning within the Shema
What is the deeper message in the Shema?
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The Concealment of God
To be Jewish and to believe in God means to live with an abstraction.
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The Process of Becoming
What’s it like to teach a bunch of pre-teens Torah in a supplementary (Hebrew) school?
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My conscience won't let me go
I refuse to be silent.
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Waiting
Floundering around
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Torah's crucial message is ignored
There are foundational messages in our Torah that have been ignored for thousands of years.
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