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…the court’s bidding, i.e., to grant her a bill of divorce; this is specifically advocated by several other sages as well. He argues that if a man can be forced to divorce for not supporting his wife — a case where the court could confiscate his property — he certainly could be forced for beating her, which is a situation that can not be remedied by monetary means.25 Yosef Karo, in his Beit Yosef, cites the famous responsum of Rabbenu Simha, but r…
…which they had to find the sparse resources. Likewise, Moshe had too many cases to adjudicate by himself. After following Yitro’s suggestion, the only reason why Moshe would deal with a case was if it required his special expertise or authority. Another, separate group of monkeys have a related social structure. According to Stanford University biologist Robert M. Sapolsky (“A Natural History of Peace,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2006 p. 1…
…have been members of the General Board in the past three years. You are a caring, dedicated group of volunteers, and it’s been a pleasure eating carrots with you and getting the work of the shul done. I must especially thank my friends on the Executive Board, who have served with me and become an incredibly effective team. Most congregants – even most Board members – are spared discussion of the bylaws, contracts, leases, insurance policies, comp…
…speaks for itself. You’ll note also that today’s parasha resounds with the number seven – the seventh year is the sabbatical year- the seven days of Passover, the seven weeks until the Feast of weeks, etc. At some point during this last year I looked around the table and realized- “We are seven women — one teacher and six students.” Coincidence? Book of Ruth Let me move on to The Book of Ruth. I’d like to make some remarks about the story that res…
…asting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended. I the Lord will hasten it in its time. Marc D. Schwartz, MD, President HealthCalls America Inc. www.HealthCalls.com …
…the expulsion of tourists with expired visas and assorted individual political cases.) The scale of that Arab expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from Kuwait is more than half the number of Palestinian Arabs who fled or were expelled from Israel in 1947-49. The “Jenin Massacre” (2002) turned out to be a hoax; while it was reported that hundreds or thousands had been massacred, the reality was that about 55 Arabs (including 5 or 10 civilians) died, alon…
…ght be hard depending on context – a Google search turned up coming out as Canadian, as a cancer-survivor, as a neo-con, as an atheist. So this is the meaning of the text: be honest with yourself in all that you do. Lying with a man as with a woman is a metaphor for lying to yourself, (perhaps the English resonance of lying is not coincidental!), for not facing the truth of your life and sharing it with others. If we are not honest with ourselves,…
…s of Europe, the vibrant cities of Greece, and even twentieth century America? Surveying the large number of works in the BEKI collection entitled “Rabbi_,” the BEKI Art Committee began discussing how best to present this work in an exhibition. Among ourselves, we called this the “Rabbi Show,” although there is nothing in the artworks themselves to signify that these are rabbis, rather than ordinary men who have been given the honor of holding the…
