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"This is complete nonsense, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told his countrys Tass news agency in response to rumors of a Russian proposal for an American-Palestinian peace summit. They come up with all sorts of phantasmagoria.
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admin | May 27, 2020
By: Rabbi Jonathan Feldman, PhD Shavuot could be considered the holiday of the book. Unlike Rosh Hashanah which has the shofar, Chanukah which has the menorah and Sukkot which has the four species and the sukkah, Shavuot has no concrete symbol
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admin | May 27, 2020
The Torah reading for Shavuot includes the Ten Commandments, following the opinion of one of the Tannaim (early Sages). This is, no doubt, the result of the rabbinic belief that the Torah was given on Mt. Sinai on Shavuot (Shabbat 86b).Even so, its very surprising that we read the Ten Commandments in public only on Shavuot and as part of the weekly portions of Yitro (Exodus 20) and Vaethanan (Deuteronomy 5).
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admin | May 27, 2020
To the Sons and Daughters of Our People of Israel, Everywhere. It was with these words that the RebbeRabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of righteous memorybegan his public letters, which were transcribed and published before major Jewish holidays each year. These letters, known as michtavim klaliim (general letters), would set the tone for the upcoming holiday
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admin | May 27, 2020
Last week, President Donald Trump called for churches, synagogues and mosques to reopen. In a press conference, the president said, In America we need more prayer, not less.
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