I confess to a thrill every time I read these words: Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites.

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הוּא (שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק) הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים. (א:ב) He (Shimon Hatzadik) would say: The world

In Yevamot 96b, Rabbi Yochanan (a second-generation Amora from Teveriah) is furious with his student, Rabbi Eleazar ben Pedat (a second-generation Amora from Teveriah), who

During my years in yeshiva Shaarei Torah a fellow named Moshe, who was not a student, would at times circle the yeshiva. At times he

Yevamot 87b “We have been happily married for one year and my husband has been missing for over two months. On that fateful morning, on

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I am largely basing this column on Bar Mitzvah: A History, by Michael Hilton (2014). In Gen. Rabbah 63:10, there is the following passage: “Rabbi

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First yeshiva day school for students with language-based learning differences to open this fall in Paramus. (Courtesy of Yeshivat Shalshelet) Yeshivat Shalshelet is set to