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Tale of Two Talmuds: Jerusalem and Babylonian

The two versions of the Talmud developed simultaneously in the two major Jewish communities of the rabbinic era.

Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah Gift Guide

Tips for picking the right present for this Jewish rite of passage.

At This Point in Time

Last week, all around the country, people stayed awake late into the night and took to the streets.The U.S Department of ...

What I Learned from Having Purple Hair

I was hip for a week. For one week, I had a stripe of purple hair mixed in with my ...

The Expelled Jews of Coro

This was the first time that Jews had been driven out of an independent nation in South America.

So You Want to Dress Up As Santa?!

So you want to dress up as Santa?!!! This is not as unusual as it might seem! I have covered ...

The Best Apples & Honey Cakes for the New Year

You might still be thinking about summer tomatoes, peach pie and drinks by the pool, but at The Nosher, we ...

The Rabbi Said What?!?

In the past week the rabbis witting on this blog have commented on several current controversial issues, Christian anti-Semitism, US ...

Praying For The Beastie Boys

My whole life revolves around trying to make myself look cool. If you could jump into my mind, you would ...

Isaac Luria and Kabbalah in Safed

After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the center of kabbalistic study moved to the town of Safed in northern Palestine.

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