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Most rabbis permit artificial insemination using the husband's semen, but donor insemination raises more complicated questions.

Pirates and plague loomed, and prized possessions sold for a pittance.

An interpretation of this reading explains why Israel received God's revelation.

For the most part, Jews dressed like their neighbors. But some trends were outlawed by rabbis.

Marriage, money, and religious education.

There has been much speculation about the famous and controversial explorer's origins.

Rashi understands Moses' final words to the people as an expression of Hillel's philosophy of self-examination.

We need more experiences of community in which we feel connected to members of society whom we don't even know.

The commandment to return to God is always within our reach.

Despite God's refusal to allow Moses to enter the land of Israel, God gives Moses a gentle death and a loving burial.