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learning the cheers

When was the last time you…  attend­ed a con­cert? went to a sports event? played a musi­cal instru­ment with a group of peo­ple? played a group sport? par­tic­i­pat­ed in a barn rais­ing? helped build a house with Habi­tat For Human­i­ty? par­tic­i­pat­ed in any col­lec­tive endeav­or? Same with me. An … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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how many different ways can you say the al chet (על חטא)?

When I first post­ed these pos­si­bil­i­ties of reimag­in­ing the al chet I did not imag­ine that so many of us would spend an entire Yom Kip­pur online. Now, when our pri­ma­ry con­nec­tion to the Yom Kip­pur litur­gy is via our dig­i­tal devices, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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