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Biblical Personalities: Yehoram’s Famine

“Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had revised, saying, 'Arise and go forth, you and your household, and sojourn where you would sojourn, for God has called for a famine, and it is coming to the
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Biblical Personalities: Ezekiel: Son of Adam

On the 1st of Nisan Ezekiel received the prophecy that hinted that the Persian empire would soon overtake Bavel (29:17-21), c. 370. It is interesting to note that it was also on the 1st of Nisan that Cyrus was
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The Metamir

In Primo Levi’s The Mirror Maker, he tells the story of Timoteo, one of a long line of mirror makers. Timoteo was not happy just making mirrors in different shapes and sizes. He spent all his free time designing mirrors that would change your shape...

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Shir ha-Shirim VIII: Part Six: The Candle

Our Rabbis say: Do not let the parable be lightly esteemed in your eyes, since by means of the parable a man can master the words of the Torah. If a King loses gold from his house or a precious pearl, does he not
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The Judgment Of The Birds

“…and for the person being purified there shall be taken two live, clean birds…and the one bird shall be slaughtered…as for the live bird…set free upon the open field.” (Leviticus 14:4-7) Every time I study this portion, which describes the purification process of the Metzorah, who...