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The Jewish tradition teaches that, 30 days before Passover, one should begin studying topics relating to the holiday. In a special Passover-related mini-series, Rabbi Knopf will be guiding us through the Slonimer Rebbe’s unique approach to the prohibition of hametz (leavened food items) on Passover. Why is the Jewish tradition so much more strict on […]
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This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend the Jewish Week Grand Wine Tasting at City Winery.
Wine is critical part of passover. You need to have 4 cups of wine during your seder and there are a lot of wines to select from. We attended the Jewish Week’s Grand Wine Tasting at the City Winery and got an in-depth look into the best kosher wines and liquors on the market today.
In addition to wine, Aaron spoke with the owner of Skyview Wine and Spirits, and got a little information about what kinds of spirits are available this Passover.
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What would you do if you had the chance to go back to high school and do it all over again? Well, two bumbling rookie cops, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) get that chance when they’re assigned to the long time dormant 21 Jump Street unit led by the perpetually pissed off Captain […]
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In the fourteenth episode of Rega Shel Ivrit (A Moment of Hebrew), host and Master teacher Michal Nachmany continues to explore the holiday of Purim. This week, Michal teaches about words related to the holiday of Purim, and focuses on the costumes that one wears during the holiday. We hope that you will join us again […]
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The torah of waiting and the torah of owning. Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Ki Tisa. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/064.mp3Podcast: Download
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Playfully exploring the place beyond all masks. Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Tetzaveh. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/063.mp3Podcast: Download
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down to talk with Sara Shapiro-Plevan, lead consultant at Rimonim Consulting (http://RimonimConsulting.org) , and the host of JCast Network’s newest upcoming podcast Jewish Education Salon. Darone and Sara talk about their background and history and Sara explains what it is that she hopes to […]
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What do vitamin C, fish oil, and calcium have to do with Purim? No, Esther wasn’t a health nut and Ahasuerus definitely favored wine and merrymaking over multi-vitamins! In Kitah Gimel, my students enjoyed making raashanim (groggers/noisemakers) out of plastic vitamin and nutritional supplement bottles.Here’s how:Materials – empty plastic vitamin and supplement bottles; construction paper […]
Kings and queens, villains and heroes, beauty pageants and hangings – it is no surprise that the Purim story is compelling to our children! While we have many stories in our tradition with dramatic elements, our Purim story is the most like a fairy tale. In this story we have the quintessential fairy tale-like characters: […]
In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the torah portion Ki Tisa.
Amichai focuses on Exodus, Chapter 32, Verse 6, and specifically, as his wont to do, on the translation of the word “Litsachek”. How would you translate this word? How did Amichai?
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