17 Apr SPEAKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT A GROUP

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If a person spoke negatively about a group of people, even if he only says it once but the outcome is against many people, it is counted as if he...

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17 Apr REMEMBERING REBBETZIN MIRIAM LIBBY WEISS – PART 10

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Last week, we said that my dear wife’s name, Miriam Libby, can be translated in Yiddish to mean “The Loving Miriam.” And how accurate her name was, for she truly...

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17 Apr GETTING TO KNOW…N.Y. METS OUTFIELDER BRANDON NIMMO

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  Born: March 27, 1993 (age 25) in Cheyenne, Wyoming Ht/Wt: 6’ 3”, 206 lbs. Drafted: by the Mets in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. Baseball America ranked...

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17 Apr SPECIAL YOM HAATZMAUT RECIPE: FLATBREAD WITH MEDITERRANEAN BURGERS

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One of my favorite places to visit while in Israel is at the shuk at Machane Yehuda in Jerusalem, where you can buy different spice blends and bring home a taste of Israel...

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10 Apr CLONED PIGS AREN’T KOSHER

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I. KOSHER PIG The news recently carried a report that Rav Yuval Cherlow said that cloned pigs are kosher. This is clearly wrong. A cloned pig is implanted as an embryo...

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10 Apr FEEDING A CHILD ON YOM KIPPUR

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The Passuk in Vayikra perek yud alef passuk mem bais says that anything that slithers like a snake “Lo sachileim” (do not feed them) as they are disgusting. The Gemara in...

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10 Apr REMEMBERING REBBETZIN MIRIAM LIBBY WEISS – PART 9

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My dear Rebbetzin was a bas zekunim, a daughter born in old age. My father in-law, at her birth, was 59 years old so she was viewed as a last...

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10 Apr SCHLISSEL (KEY SHAPED) CHALLAH RECIPE

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The custom to bake schlissel challah for the first Shabbos after Pesach is a long-standing one. “The Shabbat after Pesach when we announce the coming of Iyar some…have the custom to...

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10 Apr GETTING TO KNOW: N.Y. METS RIGHT FIELDER JAY BRUUUUCE

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N.Y. METS RIGHT FIELDER JAY BRUUUUCE By Ari Hirsch Last August the Mets traded Jay Bruce to the Indians, and he helped them win a division title and a gain playoff...

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01 Apr WHAT IS THE SHECHINAH?

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I. DIVINE PRESENCE The Bible and Talmud refer frequently to the Shechinah, God’s presence, without explaining the term. This leaves students relying on their intuition. When informed by years of study,...

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