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We first hear about Tu b’Shvat — the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat — in the Mishnah (Rosh HaShanah 1:1) as one of the four days that start the year. Tu b’Shvat (it falls on Feb. 4) was not then considered a holy day. It was simply the legal date marking the […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Candlelighting: 4:52 p.m. Torah Reading: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5.31                   Judges 5:1-31 (Sephardic) Havdalah: 5:54 p.m. We’re used to thinking of time in a linear fashion with a past, present and future. The Torah operates in a different dimension with the past and future blending with the present, and with events in […]

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When it comes to international terror, it seems all roads lead to Iran. Is the rest of the world connecting the deadly dots? Iran’s Lebanon-based arm, Hezbollah, fights in Syria in support of its autocratic leader, Bashir Assad, and encroaches closer to Israel’s northern border. News reports this week said the prominent Iranian general killed […]

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