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  • How can we find meaning in the seemingly dry, boring, descriptions of the vessels of the Temple? By Noam Heller, junior
  • Big Love-Parshat Terumah
    Torah
    Posted on February 1, 2008
    The Ra?avad (R. Avraham ibn Daud, 13th c.) was one of Provence?s great Jewish scholars. In the introduction to his book Ba?alei Nefesh (which is about the relationship between a husband and wife) he describes the motivation for...
  • Article by: Shifra Baronofsky Gender and Education is a very sensitive topic within Judaism. From the time of the Talmud in the early first millennium until only a few decades ago...
  • Parshat Vayigash – 12/15/07
    Torah
    Posted on December 15, 2007
    D'vrei torah by: Shifra Baronofsky Rabbi Kaminetsky says Revenge. Though the Torah warns us against acting on our emotions, it's hard to control the desire. In fact...
  • Parshat Mikeitz – 12/8/07
    Torah
    Posted on December 8, 2007
    D'vrei torah by: Hannah Grossman This week's parsha, Mikeitz, meaning "the end" continues the story of Yoseph's time in Egypt by beginning with "the end" of his imprisonment. When Pharaoh dreams of seven....
  • Shoes and Sorrows
    Jewish Thought
    Posted on December 6, 2007
    Yosef's tests of faith while in Egypt are lessons for us in overcoming our own personal tests of faith. By Tuvi Felt Hakohen, senior
  • Disappointment-Parshat Vayetzei
    Torah
    Posted on November 19, 2007
    My favorite image of OJ Simpson is a commercial he did for Hertz. Some poor woman has forgotten her ID at the checkout counterand is getting on the plane. OJ sprints broken-field through ...