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Tu B’Av: Day of Love

Tu B’Av is a little-known Jewish holiday, coming just six days after the mournful commemoration of tragedy during Tisha B’Av. ...

An Exercise in Empathy

Relating to the despair the ancient Israelites felt in the wake of the Temple's destruction is no easy feat.

Haftarah for Parashat Shoftim: Summary

Through Isaiah, God extends a note of condolence.

The Tower and the Temple

Why did the people of Babel build their tower to the sky? The prevailing interpretation is that they were afflicted with ...

Haftarah for Vaetchanan

Finally, some words of comfort for Jerusalem and its people.

Deutero-Isaiah: A Prophet of Comfort

After first Isaiah’s message of rebuke, another writing under his name came to comfort Israel with immortal poetry.

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