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What is Shavuot? When is it? Everything to know about the Jewish holiday, the Feast of Weeks
The Palm Beach Post· 3 days agoWhat is Shavuot? According to the Jewish faith, Shavuot celebrates the time when Moses received the...
Passaic family says new Torah helps 'connect' them to daughter who died a year ago
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLife's darkest events can sometimes lead to new sources of light. Last weekend's completion,...
Commentary: Forgotten Torah corrected in time for Shavuot
Today's News-Herald· 3 days agoAlmost 90 years ago, a Jewish scribe sat bent over a parchment, quill in hand, writing. Painstakingly, he formed each Hebrew letter of the Torah—304,805 in all. This scroll ...
A Miracle from Hiroshima
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoReading the Torah and the Bible when I was growing up was rich with that wonder. A walking staff turns into a snake. Flames adorn a bush, but don’t...
A Pikesville native with a rare type of dwarfism is starring on Broadway
The Baltimore Banner· 4 days agoWhen Matthew August Jeffers was practicing the Torah portion of his bar mitzvah, his tutor would...
Alma Rutgers (opinion): Shavuot arrives as a somber holiday in 2024
Stamford Advocate· 7 days agoThere’s a belief in Jewish tradition that all Jews who ever were, are, and ever will be — including...
Gonzales Seeks Clemency From Death Row
The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record· 3 days agoRamiro Gonzales is on death row and is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on June 26, in the state of Texas. Gonzales committed a murder a few...
On rainbows and thunderstorms
Bozeman Daily Chronicle· 16 hours agoThis is the season of morning rainbows and nightly thunderstorms. Almost daily, I look up into a sky that seems ripped open, wild cloud formations creating dreamy and outwardly landscapes.
Dig deep, be willing to change to achieve that which fills your soul
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Torah commands us to be a blessing. Becoming a blessing means living in a way when others viewing our actions will experience more beauty, more meaning, more sacredness in God’s world.
The real location of Mount Sinai
Arizona Daily Star· 6 days agoSearch online for “Mount Sinai” and Google Maps will swiftly point you to a marker in Jabal Mousa, Arabic for Mount Moses, located in the southern tip of...
