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The wicked son, what does he say? “What is this service to you?!” (Ex. 12, 26, from the Passover Haggadah). There are many people today who openly violate many sacred

Join the Orthodox Union and Yeshiva University community in celebrating the publication of a magnificent new haggadah, with an extensive commentary by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, The Royal Table: A

Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, has won the 2009 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience for his

Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, has won the 2009 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience for his

The Plagues of Blood and Frogs It is ironic: what the Egyptians trusted most became the source of their travail and woe. The Nile was a deity for Egypt —

“We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt” (Deut. 6:21). We were slaves to Pharaoh, not Pharaoh’s slaves. The former would be only a juridic-social description; the Jews belonged to Pharaoh

Man is bored. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on his entertainment and amusement. He pays enormous sums to anyone who can elicit a smile from him and make

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Berman, who was in Israel this week to attend meetings of the Claims Conference Executive, is soft-spoken and modest, his words liberally sprinkled with the Torah of his Rebbe, Harav

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks interviews Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, author of Fresh Fruit & Vintage Wine: Ethics and Wisdom of the Aggada: audio link (MP3)