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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:25 p.m. Torah: Genesis 47:28-50:26 Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 Havdalah: 5:29 p.m. Few biblical prophecies have generated as much heat as this week’s blessing of Judah: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet.” The verse following, however, adds the caveat, ad sheyavo shiloh, […]

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It’s a scene that has repeated itself countless times in Jewish homes the last five years. After a Shabbat meal, out comes a small yellow pouch, shaped like a banana, filled with plastic tiles on which English letters are written. The tiles are spread on a table, and Bananagrams, similar to Scrabble but with each […]

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Next weekend, many of us will be enjoying a long, holiday break because of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. We might see this as a time to sleep late, meet friends for brunch, take in a movie or relax on a short family holiday. For growing numbers of us though, this is a […]

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