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Why Was Miriam Punished Twice?
A necessary reevaluation of one of the Torah's trickiest and most distracting stories
Jun 11
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The Most Important Day of the Year That You’ve Never Heard Of
And the strangest quirk of the Jewish calendar
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Why Rabbis Avoid the Real Answers
Exploring the one aspect of Judaism more unpopular than Kitniyot
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Why Did Artscroll Censor the Torah?
Dec 4, 2024
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The four cups might not be as epic as we think – and that’s a good thing
Apr 10, 2024
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How a stinging critique of our own practice can lead to greater harmony
Mar 23, 2023
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The Most Important Day of the Year That You’ve Never Heard Of
May 28
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My Mission Statement
Feb 12
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Why Mordechai's Jewishness is a Political Statement
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Why Do Rabbis Give Such Bad Answers to So Many Questions?!
When our acceptance of Jewish law gets subverted
May 14
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Why is a Goat-Demon Central to Yom Kippur?!
No, that wasn't a typo
May 7
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Why Tazria is More Than Just "Ew, Women are Icky"
When the 21st century makes it impossible to understand things
Apr 30
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Why Did Nadav and Avihu Die?
A radically different understanding emerging from the Torah's wider narrative
Apr 23
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We Hate Egypt, So We Won't Ate Egypt
A terrible title for a transformative idea
Apr 10
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Why are Esav (and Lot) at the Seder?
Why the Haggadah encourages a strange sidebar
Apr 9
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The Meal & Maggid
Along side Qontroversial Questions on the Parashah I’m also going to be sending out eight Haggadah ideas in the run up to Pesaḥ
Apr 8
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