April 22, 2025

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Mitchell First

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Shimon Peres: The Early Years

I base this column on “Shimon Peres: The Biography,” by Michael Bar-Zohar (2007), parts I and II. Bar-Zohar writes in the introduction: “To many, Shimon

Interesting Words in Hallel

Hallel comprises Tehillim chapters 113-118. I will discuss these words in the order they appear. עקרת: Here the meaning is “barren, without children.” Most of