28 Apr Missed Torah Readings

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Most of us have missed the weekly Torah readings since March 21 (Vayakhel-Pekudei), some even from March 7 (Tetzaveh). When the time comes to return safely to shul, do we...

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28 Apr Save Our Sanity! Miracles and Myths!

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Mazel Tov! Shehichiyanu V’kiyimanu V’higiyanu L’zman Hazeh! Baruch She’aseh Li Nes B’makom Hazeh! I stare in awe at the bottom of the beige canvas basket. I did it! I can’t...

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28 Apr Dating and Relationship Advice

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Dear Rabbi and Shira, Thank you so much for your column. I enjoy reading your advice each week. Due to Covid- 19, we both lost our jobs and with little...

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28 Apr Applesauce Cake

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INGREDIENTS: 1 box yellow cake mix 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg (you can totally leave out if you don’t have or don’t like nutmeg) ½ teaspoon ground...

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22 Apr Heroes Amongst Us: Interview With Tzvi Weill, Flatbush Coordinator at Flatbush Shomrim

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FAST FACTS:  Flatbush Shomrim Members: 60  Mission Statement: To work closely with the community and be the eyes and ears of the police department.  Year Flatbush Shomrim began: Flatbush Shomrim was started by...

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22 Apr Dating and Relationship Advice

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Dear Rabbi and Shira, I hope you and your family are well. It’s been 5 weeks since we’ve been sheltering in place. I’m wondering if I should start “dating” online...

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22 Apr Questions That Have No Answers: A Tradition of Silence

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We have just c o m p l e t e d the “season of questions.” We have only one day ago bid farewell to a holiday that encourages us...

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22 Apr Parashat Tazria-Tahor: Sara’at & Confronting Hardship

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Parashiyot Tazria and Mesora deal mainly with the laws of Sara’at – a skin disorder resembling leprosy that would befall people on account of certain sins. The Torah outlines the...

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22 Apr Teshuvas on the Coronavirus

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Reciting Berachos for a Simcha  (e.g. sheva berachos, bris) over Zoom If a grandfather is participating in the bris milah of his grandson via Zoom, it is permissible for him to...

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22 Apr Don’t be Silent About the Anti-Semitism: The Holocaust Began With Propoganda

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In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because...

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