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Tuesday, July 06, 2021
How kippot and yarmulkes came to be regarded as identification badges is a mystery
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman served as the rabbi of Beth Jacob synagogue in Atlanta GA for 40 years. Previously he has seved as editor in chief of Tradition magazine and has authored 11 books. Additionally he was editor of the Airel Rashi Translation Project for 17 years.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The last mishnah in Sotah (49b), depicting a topsy-turvy world just before the final Redemption, has come true
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Tuesday, June 08, 2021
Just as communal tragedies are a religious wake-up call, so also is communal abandonment of Torah norms
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
“Spiritual but not religious.” The mantra by which many young Jews describe themselves
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Any such mass tragedy warrants a deep silence
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Sometimes food, merely supposed to be the vehicle for living and spirituality, becomes the goal itself
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
A true convert enriches us. A quickie convert diminishes us
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The DNA of Am Yisrael challenges another DNA, that of Haman and his “zeide” Amalek
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The pandemic hovers over us. It is a wakeup call for serious repentance, serious prayer, serious tzedakah
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
These are simple, even naive, questions, but they have bedeviled me for a long time
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Let us discuss sin today — not against, and certainly not in favor, but simply about its nature
