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Cutting Through the Thicket

The challenge of akeidat Yitzchak seems in many ways unrelatable.  None of us can imagine G-d requesting something which seems violent, incomprehensible, and immoral.  Yet as we[…]

Our Silent Tefillos

I would like to bring your attention to a prayer not printed in your machzor but often recited during this time of the year.  We[…]

Covering and Uncovering the Shofar

I find myself drawn to Rosh Hashana’s fascinating minhagim.    We don’t eat nuts because the word egoz has the same gematria as chet. Many[…]