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אלול comes every year

prepar­ing for my beloved As we begin Elul, the month before Rosh haShan­nah, prepa­ra­tions for the new year start. As I wrote last year (August 20, 2009) at this time, the Hebrew word אלול is con­sid­ered an acronym for the phrase from … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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which jews…?

I found this image on a crazy anti-Zion­ist site: to which I answer: All are Jews! I am not a racist. The site may also be anti-Semi­t­ic, it sure feels that way, but I’ve not had a chance to study it thor­ough­ly. What is Zion­ism? … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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