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Before the Torah obliges a defendant to take the Modeh Bemiktzat oath of partial admission, the defendant must admit at least one perutah of the claim and deny two maot.

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There is an obvious question about this story. Why would Sichon and Og wage war with Klal Yisrael?

The Oslo accords failed and there is no peace between Israelis and Palestinians today because the Palestinian leadership never accepted Israel nor rejected terrorism. The Oslo accords were a sham

As we raced from store to store I was invigorated but Jo tagged listlessly along. I pretended not to notice and chatted gaily all the while.

In the Torah, law and narrative are intertwined for the very profound reason that G-d’s law is not arbitrary. It speaks to the human condition, arising out of human history.

If the protection money paid to Gaza--to the tune of 1billion NIS annually--does not prevent Jewish fatalities – which have increased 5x since the Oslo peace accords broke out and Israel retreated from Gaza – why does Israel continue to pay these huge sums of money to our sworn enemies?

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To say that this respect for all people is vitally lacking amongst many of our Jewish brothers and sisters is an understatement.

In a symbolic move, Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax was the last player chosen in the draft.

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Rabbi Zlotowitz likened the story of ArtScroll to watching an oak tree grow out of a small acorn, ultimately sprouting into something with immeasurable impact.

The inculcation of Torah values to generations of Jews will be an important and enduring part of his legacy.

And then came the full court press against the president’s Executive Order barring immigration from certain countries he said were hotbeds of terrorist activity.

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Throughout Europe these hideous libels persisted and gave rise to the persecution of innocent Jews.

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If we are to survive and flourish, we have to think differently about our own abilities and make the best use of them.

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Sure, you could purchase a package of clean, saliva-free popsicle sticks, but where’s the fun in that?

It’s hard to resist the allure of a gadget that lets you have your cake, or, in this case, your French fries, and eat it too.

There is nothing like the feel of those crisp new pages in your hands while taking in gorgeous, glossy pictures that you know took hours to get just right.

With the opening of Agri in 1987, Postville was beset with what the locals dubbed, “The Jewish Invasion.” The arrival of the Jews caused a local polarization.

I recently switched from a smartphone to a flip phone. I was spending too much time looking at the phone blurring the boundaries between work and personal time, tuning out my family. I became enslaved to my phone. The smarter the phone, the dumber I got.

the Six-Day War became the war that military experts cannot logically explain. I call it “The War of Miracles.”

.He tells me he feels terrible and does not mean to hurt me.

Who can count the number who died? Who can number those who succumbed to the tortures and embraced Christianity in order to escape the pain and suffering?

Liberals have a long history of mercilessly castigating Republican presidents including the popular, and successful Ronald Reagan. But if you want to know about psychopathic-level demonization of a president, consider what George W. Bush endured.

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