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The Red Heifer and the News of the Week in Review

Jul 26th, 2011 | By
The Red Heifer and the News of the Week in Review

It is said that there is always an allusion to current events in the Torah reading of the week. Sometimes you have to look pretty hard to find it, but last week it was pretty obvious. After upwards of 100,000 people turned out to pay their last respects to Rabbi Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz, one of
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The Blessing of the Black Swan

Aug 26th, 2010 | By
The Blessing of the Black Swan

by Yisrael Rutman From ancient times, man has been trying to predict the future. Will there be war or peace? Will there be a bountiful harvest or a famine? Will Luella Ann marry me, or will she choose that Billy Joe feller with all those horses? To supply the inside dope about tomorrow, prophets true
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