Fox Byte 5775 #29-30: Achrei Mot (After the Death); Kedoshim (Holy Ones)
אַחֲרֵי מוֹת / קְדֹשִׁים How do we love the unlovely? That is one of the questions Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise explore in Rain Man.
May 2, 2015
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My Blog
Comment on Peter Vest’s Review of Give Me A Place Where I May Dwell
Recently Peter Vest, author of Orthodox Messianic Judaism, reviewed my book, Give Me A Place Where I May Dwell. His is the first critical review
April 28, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #27-28: Tazria (Leprosy) / Metzora (Cleansing the Leper)
תַזְרִיעַ / מְּצֹרָע Anton Pavlovich Chekhov wrote a story about how a dead fish ruined a man’s life. To be honest, it was not the
April 24, 2015
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Regard for the Lives of our Animals
A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago: I fell in love with an animal. It was a complete surprise, and my daughter’s
April 21, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #26: Shmini (Eighth)
שְּׁמִינִי The problem with great satire is that it can be so irreverent. Then again, that is the strength of satire: using humor and ridicule
April 17, 2015
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Commonwealth of Israel
Commonwealth and Cooperation: How Jews and Christians Can Work Together
Occasionally it is good to revisit ground we have covered before. This particular post is one of the earliest offerings of The Barking Fox. It
April 14, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775: Matzot (Unleavened Bread)
מַצּוֹת It was in May of 1986 that I first visited the great World War I battlefield at Verdun. Along with Auschwitz, Verdun is on
April 11, 2015
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A Place at the Table
Last week a reader asked a very important question. It is so important that I want to share it: A friend introduced me to your
April 6, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775: Pesach (Passover)
פֶּסַח Professor J.R.R. Tolkien insisted that there was no hidden meaning behind his works on Middle Earth. Such was his assertion in his Foreword to The
April 2, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #25: Tzav (Command)
צַו Consider the fragility of human existence. We survive within a specific set of environmental parameters – a fixed range of temperature, hydration, radiation, and
March 28, 2015
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