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Shaky Ground
We all chafe under what we perceive as overbearing leaders. Sometimes they really are overbearing, but sometimes it’s simply our resentment of and resistance against
July 6, 2024
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Weekly Bible Reading for September 25-1 October: Rosh Hashana & Vayalekh (And He Went)
This coming week, September 24-October 1 (29 Elul 5782-6 Tishrei 5783), the Bible reading plan covers the portions Rosh Hashana and Vayalekh (And He Went).
September 23, 2022
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Counting the Omer 5779/2019 #27
Counting the Omer is keeping the commandment to count 50 days (seven Sabbaths plus one day) between the offering of the first fruits of the
May 17, 2019
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Fox Byte 5775 #52: Vayelekh (And He Went)
וַיֵּלֶךְ Isaac Asimov could have written I, Robot without Karel Čapek’s help, but he would have needed a different word for the artificial life forms
September 21, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #50: Ki Tavo (When You Enter In)
כִּי־תָבִוֹא When General Lew Wallace published Ben Hur in 1880, he had no idea that his tale of a wrongfully condemned Jewish prince would have
September 5, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #44: D’varim (Words)
דְּבָרִים One wonders whether Lewis Carroll required chemical substances to help him create the absurd worlds of his literature. Readers of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
July 24, 2015
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Fox Byte 5775 #40: Balak
בָּלָק The great military leaders of World War II include nine who attained the highest rank awarded by the United States of America. Those five-star
July 4, 2015
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