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Jewish Sects

In the Second Temple period.

The Mikveh’s Significance in Traditional Conversion

Immersion in the mikveh actualizes the transition between the convert's old identity and his or her new one as a Jew.

Karaite Marriage

How Karaite laws influence weddings, divorce and ritual purity.

Joseph’s Foresight and Restraint

A Torah teaching for the Western environmentalist.

Who Was Bathsheba (Batsheva)?

King David's wife and King Solomon's mother came on the scene because of David's wandering gaze.

Up And Down The Mountain Of Life

The Israelites worshipped the Golden Calf because they lost an awareness of God.

How Not to Comfort Mourners

The worst things to say to someone who is grieving.

Spirituality & the Elderly: A Jewish Perspective

How can we age like Abraham and Sarah?

Rabbinic Limitations on War

Deuteronomy 20 permits wars of aggression, but the talmudic rabbis made it difficult to declare one.

A Summary of the Torah

A description of the highlights of the Torah, according to the divisions of the weekly portions.

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