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Ben-Tzion Spitz
Jul 8, 2018, 3:49 PM
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Pinchas: Secret Jews
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful, and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. -Aldous Huxley During my years in Uruguay, I met multiple people who had discovered, some quite recently, that they...
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Jul 6, 2018, 8:37 PM
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Guess who was not involved in the sin of the spies?
When we speak about Chet HaMiraglim, the sin of the spies, we mention that Yehoshua and Calev were the only two of the twelve spies who did not bring a false report and they were therefore not punished as...
William Hamilton
Jul 6, 2018, 5:58 PM
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Passion’s poison and purity
Times of Israel writer Sarah Tuttle-Singer offered a July 4th posting earlier this week. “On this day, 42 years ago, Jews were in mortal danger in a hostage nightmare in Entebbe, Uganda, and for the first time in our...
Jonathan Sacks
Jul 6, 2018, 12:55 AM
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The lost masterpiece
If women like Zelophehad's daughters had gone out to spy the land, they'd never have spoken negatively of it (Pinchas)
Ari Sacher
Jul 3, 2018, 3:20 PM
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Dynamic Equilibrium (Parashat Pinchas 5778)
Balaam encourages the Midianite women to prostitute themselves in a concerted effort to turn Jewish men to Midianite Paganism. The Midianite ploy is extremely successful and in order to staunch the tide of converts, Hashem strikes Am Yisrael with...
Ariel Ben Avraham
Jun 30, 2018, 11:40 PM
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Parshat Pinchas: The powerful of the jealousy of goodness
“Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them so that I consumed not the children...
William Hamilton
Jun 29, 2018, 5:58 PM
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Justice Kennedy through a more spacious lens
‘Raising the young and pursuing the good’ are two of society’s highest aims. Achieving them, David Brooks reminds us this week, is not a do-it-yourself job. Their realization requires civic responsibility, generous mutuality, and strong community. By contrast, Justice...
Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden
Jun 29, 2018, 5:54 PM
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A warning to wicked leaders: G-d always wins
The Torah Portion of this week is named after a wicked person, Balak, while we normally see such naming as a homage. How can this be? "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name...
Jonathan Sacks
Jun 28, 2018, 4:06 PM
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A people that dwells alone
Ever notice how when Jews assimilate, anti-Semitism increases -- and vice versa? (Balak)
Ari Sacher
Jun 28, 2018, 10:12 AM
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‘Eagles and Bats’ Parashat Balak 5778
According to the Talmud in Tractate Megilla , there were forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses whom Hashem sent to transmit His message to Am Yisrael. The Talmud adds that there were actually many more prophets over the years but...
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