Kosher Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back
The “kosher wars” have been reignited recently with the release by Rabbi Moshe Gutnick...
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Kosher Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back
Kosher Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back
I’m dreaming of a white …
The chagim are spread widely across the calendar year, with the “major” ones...
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The Minyan Factory
I’m visiting Israel very briefly, and again find myself enamoured with the “minyan fa...
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The Social Network – My Friend has a Friend
In the weekly portion of the same name (Numbers/Bamidbar 22), Balak, the king of Moab, c...
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The Smell of Chickens
To paraphrase Kilgore in the epic war film Apocalypse Now, “I love the smell of chickens...
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Rosh Hashanah – of Fish Heads and Frankl
Many of the rituals and activities around Rosh Hashanah are brimming with symbolism. From ...
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Matza ado about nothing
Judging by the number of comments on the stories about soft matzah, particularly thos...
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MasterCholent
I’m very pleased that the current season of MasterChef is finally over. My fam...
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Bald Rebel Swallowed by the Earth
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad/Lubavitch movement, had a favourite s...
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Maintaining the Rosh Hashana Intensity
Despite the daily reminders during the month of Elul, Rosh Hashana has a way of creeping u...
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It’s matzah, but not as you know it
“This is what Hillel did in the times of the temple: he would wrap the Pascal ...
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