Moving along the Rhine from Mainz one arrives in Worms. Along with Mainz and Speyer Worms is one of…
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Balak: Animal Rights, Human Wrongs
"The pre-eminence of man over beast is non-existent, for all is vain" (Shacharit). Man has…
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Musings from Mainz, Germany
Askenazic Jewry begins as Jews settle along the Rhine river in the middle decades of the…
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Reflections from Germany - Part 3
In our last post I discussed our meeting three of the communal rabbis of…
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Some More Reflections from Berlin Germany
Of the approximately 520,000 Jews living in Germany in 1933 over 300,000 emigrated before the war.…
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No Reciprocity: Bava Kamma 37
“The ox of a Jew who gores the ox belonging to the Temple or the ox of the Temple…
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Reflections from Berlin
On May 12, 2015 Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, addressed the German…
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A Shabbat Ox: Bava Kamma 37
Correlation does not imply causation - though it may be just that. It is not always easy…
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Tying Tuition to Income!
The current model of day school funding where tuition is charged for each and every student is…
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Bava Kamma 32: Running Late on Friday
Slow down. Such would be good advice for those trying to navigate a busy street. Running down the…
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Bava Kamma 27: Watch Your Step
In our previous posts we discussed the difference between an ox classified as a tam, a…
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Bava Kamma 24: Minor Damages
“The victim and the perpetrator share in the [payment] of damages.” (Bava Kamma 14b)…
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Shelach Lecha: Ties That Bind
Parshat Shelach Lecha details a most familiar story. The tragic events surrounding the…
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Miriam and the Goring Ox: Bava Kamma 24
One would not expect to connect Miriam’s speaking negatively against Moshe, read (at least…
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Bava Kamma 8: This Law is Not For Me
One of the basic differences between the religious and civil laws of the Torah is while the…
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Behalotcha: Mr. Humble
It is the rare occasion when the Torah actually characterizes an individual. Rather through an…
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Nasso: Time for Repentance
Our Torah was given to us on at least two occasions. The first revelation just weeks after the…
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A Goring Ox: Bava Kamma 4
Arba avot nezikin, there are four primary categories of damages, the ox, the pit, the…