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

Posted on 2020/09/24 by davka

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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Pass the Anti-Lynching Bill!

Posted on 2020/08/17 by davka

Leo Frank Today, August 17, 2020 marks the 105th anniver­sary of the lynch­ing of Leo Frank לְהַבדִיל — l’havdil — to dis­tin­guish Yes­ter­day I learned about “Sup­per­time”, a deeply mov­ing song writ­ten by Irv­ing Berlin in 1933. The song tells of a far … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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