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It All Started With The Goats : The Vilna Goan’s Explanation of Chad Gadya

Apr 17th, 2011 | By
It All Started With The Goats : The Vilna Goan’s Explanation of Chad Gadya

Chad Gadya is one the most well known and loved songs sung at the end of the seder. It seems to read like a simple nursery rhyme (l’havdil) but it actually sums up the whole of Jewish history from its inception till the end of time. Let us look at it through the eyes of
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The Test of Time

Apr 12th, 2011 | By

by Rabbi Yonason Goldson (First published April 7, 2000) Pope John Paul II made quite a splash last month with his visit to Israel and his sweeping confession of Christian injustices against the Jews. We should applaud the Pontiff for his gesture and reflect with enormous gratitude on how civilized the world has become since
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