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Today in Jewish History Dedication of Herod’s Renovated Temple (11 BCE) After 334 years, the 2nd Holy Temple in Jerusalem (Adar 3) was in disrepair. In the year 19 BCE, King Herod I floated the idea of rebuilding and renovating the Temple. Though many Jews were...
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On Purim, we read the Scroll of Esther (מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר), the fascinating biblical story describing the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people. • Achashverosh (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ) – the king of 127 countries, who held a six-month-long feast to “celebrate” the...
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This week’s parashah gives a detailed description of the Kohanim’s garments. Each garment with its deep symbolic significance must also be exquisite and splendid in appearance. “You shall make garments of holiness for Aharon your brother for glory and for splendor”...
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Personal SanctuaryRabbi Ya’acov Yosef from Polnoye answers that since every person is a small world, each of us can build a sanctuary within our heart for the Divine Presence to dwell. In this way the continuation of the verse can be fulfilled, “that I may dwell...
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If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant…” (Shemot 21:7). The laws of Jewish slaves are difficult to deal with, especially for women. We wonder how it can be fair that a father has the right to sell his daughter to become a maidservant. Which transgression made...
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Moshe went up to G-d, and Hashem called to him out of the mountain saying, Thus shall you say (tomar) to the house of Ya’acov, and tell (tagid ) the sons of Israel ” (Shemot 19:3).Chief of Her HomeRashi explains that “the house of Ya’acov” refers to the women – to...
