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The Talmud’s discussion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year ... eats a fruit they haven’t had in over a year, they recite an additional blessing thanking God for providing the opportunity ...

Since ha-motzi also includes past events, it is also appropriate for the blessing over bread. What is the essence of this disagreement? Is it simply an argument over Hebrew grammar? What is the ...

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, once told Michael Goldfarb of people going to their deaths at Auschwitz asking who will say Kaddish for me? Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the ...

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Since ‍2014, ‍radio ‍host ‍Nachum ‍Segal ‍has ‍presented ‍the ‍“Kosher ‍Halftime ‍Show” ‍as ‍an ‍online ‍alternative ‍for ...