We were away for Shabbos a few years back and I went to shul for Mincha a bit early on Shabbos afternoon. One of my

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When I started the research for this article, I intended to survey the various traditional understandings of the plague. Along the way, I discovered a

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One of the weirdest things about putting on your coat or jacket after months of not wearing it is all the weird things you find