Me - a rebel girl, long outta Borough Park, began to study a "bissel Toirah" later in life with the help of my dear friend ...

Upon reading the Book of Ruth on Shavuot a couple of days ago I was struck by two traits exhibited by the main protagonists, ...

This week’s Parshat Naso, one of the longest in the Torah, seems an appropriate marker. It is sprawling, repetitive at times, ...

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