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While we started praising HaShem as the giver of rain on Shemini Atzeret, we only start requesting rain on Motza’ei Shabbat, the eve of the seventh of Cheshvan. The reason is...

What does Hashem have against skyscrapers? Perched amongst the many enigmatic post Creation stories, the Tower of Bavel narrative reminds us that superficial familiarity with these episodes just won’t do; here,...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

At the Havdalah ceremony marking the departure of Shabbat, we bless on a cup of wine and also on fragrances and on fire. (SA OC 298.) The gemara relates the blessing...

Scary but Special Bereshit is the scariest parsha in the Torah. It creates responsibility and frames our life’s mission. God’s world is pregnant with purpose and demands accountability; a notion so...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

At Sukkot we fulfill the mitzva of taking the four species – etrog (citron), lulav (palm), hadas (myrtle) and arava (willow). While we must take all four kinds to fulfill the...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

For most, it remains an enigma. We say it; it seems like it fits – but one suspects that we are essentially clueless (an admitted projection) to its Sukkos significance. I...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...