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Eleven months.  There is an awkwardness about the number 11.  Prime numbers always feel that way.  As regards time, it’s not quite a whole either. Our sages teach that we should cease saying Kaddish after 11 months to avoid connecting our parent with the period of judgment for a wicked person, which is said to […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat Candles: 7:39 p.m. Torah: Deut. 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Havdalah-Tisha b’Av: 8:39p.m. Fast Ends: 8:31 p.m. (Sun.) ‘These are the words (Eleh devarim)” [Deuteronomy 1:2]. So starts this week’s Torah reading and the entire book of Devarim (Deuteronomy). But whose words are they, God’s or Moses’? Many of our finest commentators suspect […]

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Since the Republicans held their national convention several weeks ago, America and the world have become acquainted with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana. As Donald Trump knows, Pence is an ardent champion of individual liberty, a reliable proponent of economic growth, and a strong voice in the fight against terror. Of course, the people of […]

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