Yesterday, I had the privilege of leading some of the boys on the NCSY Summer Kollel. On a Nine Days-oriented trip that included a visit to the excellent exhibit at the Gush Katif Commemoration Center. Still, each time I walk out powerfully shaken as I relive those excruciatingly painful days.

Monday, January 9, 2012. NOT 2000! THERE WILL BE A TEST ON JANUARY 16, 2012 ON PERAKIM 5-7. Monday, December 5, 2011. QUIZ ON PEREK BET GIMMEL AND DALED- -WILL BE A TAKE HOME. IT WILL BE 12 QUESTIONS LONG AND YOU PICK THE 10 THAT YOU KNOW. IT WILL BE BASED MAINLY ON NOTES BUT THE BOOKLETS WILL DEF. HELP! Beller, Aviva Mich.

Days of Remembrance are Days of Redemption. According to an opinion in the Talmud, we celebrate the holiday of Succoth because the Jewish people dwelled in temporary makeshift huts, called Succoth, after they were redeemed by God from Egyptian persecution; which begs the question; why does that warrant celebration? What was so exceptional about the fact that the Jewish nation dwelled in Succoth? Perhaps redemption is not too far off after all. It is unhelpful for Jews in B.

The God Who Hates Lies by David Hartman. In a deeply personal look at the struggle between commitment to Jewish religious tradition and personal morality, SHI President Emeritus David Hartman probes the deepest questions at the heart of what it means to be a human being and a Jew.

A Home for Unfinished Jewish Thoughts. Friday, July 3, 2015. Yet in quite a few things, we have lost reason altogether. By way of an imperfect analogy, imagine if in the Middle Ages a Catholic general were to ask the Pope to invoke Muhammad as a way to curry advantage against an invading Moslem army. The idea abounds with absurdity. Even if Muhammad had any say in th.