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Which is the fast…?

[cross post­ed at the Jew and the Car­rot and at the Reli­gious Action Cen­ter of Reform Judaism]. The prophet Isa­iah asks (58:6–7): Is not this the fast that I have cho­sen? to loose the fet­ters of wicked­ness, to undo the bands … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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What is the meaning of:
weaving together fringes of Jewish life”?

Do you wear a Kip­pah and/or Tzitz­it? On Sep­tem­ber 24, 1996 I asked my rab­binic col­leagues… in par­tic­u­lar, those who wear Kip­pot (and request/require the stu­dents in their con­gre­ga­tions to wear Kip­pot when either study­ing or enter­ing the syn­a­gogue), whether they wear … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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