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A Note From Adonai

I’m not a frequent reader of Passive Aggressive Notes, but it’s a brilliant site, and I especially liked this note ...

Oh Cruel, Cruel World

Just when you thought it was all over, we were actually just getting started. It feels like years ago that ...

I Probably Won’t Be A Farmer

Being an etrog farmer must be a tough job, especially in this economy. You know, because your product is only ...

The Week That Was

I can’t wait for the weekend! I have all these great things planned! I’m going to a movie on Sunday ...

Kappara: A Poem

Just in case you forgot, our recent Bad Poetry Contest netted us a vast and diverse — if not encyclopedic ...

10 Days to a Better You: Days 7-10

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

Wise Fridays: Do-It-Yourself Inscribing

“Inscribe us in the Book of Life.†This must be understood in a spiritual sense. When a man clings to ...

Return of the Brooklyn Chickens

I still have mixed feelings about KaparotOn one hand, the pre-Yom Kippur ritual where we transfer our sins onto some ...

Sukkot On the Run

One thing I’ve always wondered about the holiday of Sukkot: If the makeshift tabernacles that we’re commanded to erect are ...

10 Days to a Better You: Day 6

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

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