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The Jubilee (Yovel) Year
The jubilee year provided for a period of both social equality and ecological recovery.
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Summary
In this Torah portion, God makes a covenant with Abram promising to make his descendants a great nation. God changes Abram’s name to Abraham. Abraham has a child with Hagar and names him Ishmael. God then promises Abraham’s barren wife, Sarah, that she will have a child.
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Lech-Lecha: In Praise of Holy Discomfort
A lesson in the role of discomfort in fomenting social change.
Videos
Breaking the Glass at a Jewish Wedding
Why the Jewish wedding ceremony ends with a famous bang.
Why Do Jews Put Stones on Graves?
Learn the reasons for this distinctive mourning practice.
Recipes
This Indian Jewish Chicken Dish Is Delightfully Easy to Make
A flavorsome, deceptively simple chicken dinner.
VIDEO: How to Make Bourekas
Bourekas are a Sephardi, and more specifically Turkish, treat coming from the word borek, which means pie.
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Nathan the Prophet
Best-known to us as King David's prophet, Nathan should perhaps better be known as the man who ensures Solomon's rise to the throne of Israel.