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Let My People Marry! Parashat Va’eira

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Reviving this oldie but goodie from 2010 as we pass from Va’eira into Bo’ … The Basics of Va’eira Diary on last week’s parshah, Shemot, by ramara Guide for the Perplexed: What’s a parshah? Here’s the full text of this … Continue reading →

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D’var Torah: Day of the Big Wheel

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

Text of Vayak’hel and Pekudei, via chabad.org This post is dedicated to the memory of Steve Miller, one of our community’s Torah study leaders, who passed away unexpectedly this week. May his memory comfort all who knew him and learned … Continue reading →

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It’s a Date! And an Eerily Fitting One at That!

Posted on August 30, 2009 by

After a few weeks of back-and-forth, we have a date for the mikvah, the ritual immersion that is the last step in the conversion process. October 23, 2009, or the fifth of Cheshvan 5770. I asked for this date after … Continue reading →

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