14 Jul Kashruth Question of the Week

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WHAT COCA COLA FREESTYLE MACHINE FLAVORS ARE KOSHER? Coca Cola Freestyle Machines enable the consumer to mix a variety of soft drink flavors to his/her own personal choice. All flavors...

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14 Jul The Exceptional Case of Benos Tzlafchad

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At the very end of Chumash Bamidbar the Torah relates that the leaders of shevet Menashe came to Moshe Rabbeinu with the following problem: because Tzlafchad had no sons his...

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14 Jul Stand Up and Speak Out

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On April 11, 1944, a young Anne Frank wrote in her diary: Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly until...

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14 Jul Parashat (Matot)- Maseh: Following the Example of Aharon Ha’Kohen

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The Torah in Parashat Maseh briefly mentions the death of Aharon Ha’kohen, noting that he passed away on Rosh Hodesh Ab – a day which always falls around the time...

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14 Jul Milchigs to Fleishigs or Vice Versa

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In Bamidbar 31:23 the posuk teaches us that every vessel that was used with fire shall be koshered with fire and every vessel used with hot water requires to be...

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14 Jul Sacrificing the Mission for the Love- The Eastern Settlers: A Tale of Love

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Pastures of love The Old Man Arnold had reached the age of 105 and suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Worried by Arnold’s absence after so many years of faithful attendance,...

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14 Jul The Three Weeks and a Message of Peace

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We are now in the middle of the period called Bein Hametzarim, known more commonly as the Three Weeks. As a nation, we mourn the destruction of our two holy...

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14 Jul Parshas Matot-Masei

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People think that what happens to them is the result of their travels. They say that since they traveled to such-and-such, and met with so-and-so, this and that happened to...

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14 Jul The Prison of “Public Perception”

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It never ends!! If it’s not one thing, it’s another. At the tail end of his life, having weathered forty years of complaints, rebellions, and near-disasters, Moshe had every reason...

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14 Jul Giving Ma’aser in the Modern Economy

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I. HOW MUCH CHARITY? The Torah obligates every Jew to give charity of at least one-third of a shekel (less than $10) a year and optimally a tenth or fifth of...

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