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Posts from the ‘Festivals & Fasts’ Category

Matchmaking on Tu B’Av

A Tishah B’Av alphabet

Rejoicing on Tishah B’Av – Ask the Rabbi

Dates of destruction – Ask the Rabbi

17 Tammuz: The hole in the wall fast

It depends on the purpose

God after the Holocaust – Ask the Rabbi

Why weren’t they ready? – Shavu’ot

The shape of the Ten Commandments

A Shavu’ot alphabet

The date of Shavu’ot

Milk & meat on Shavu’ot

The midpoint between the festivals

The heroism of hope

Israel as memory

Heralding the spring

Crossing the Red Sea

Why we open the door at Seder – Ask the Rabbi

The symbolism of Chametz

The little things

Taking a short cut

Was matzah something new?

I was there

Pizza – Ask the Rabbi

Communal Seders – Ask the Rabbi

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