Why is there a custom to eat seeds on Purim? (Excerpted from “Inside Purim“) 1. We eat seeds on Purim in commemoration of a miracle that took place shortly before the Purim story. The first perek of Sefer Daniel describes how…
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Rabbi Aryeh Shoag I’m Confused, before the Chasuna From the desk of Rabbi Aryeh Shoag •The night before his wedding, a choson was sent to see a kabalist. He became totally confused, for he was told that before writing the…
A Cease Fire or a Road Map to Peace?
While the “Road map” had originally called for the dismantling of the entire terrorist infrastructure, it now seems to be nothing but another temporary cease fire as Mahmoud Abbas claims that he is unable to disarm Hamas or Islamic Jihad.…