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Why Wine?

Posted on 2009/04/17 by davka

[cross post­ed at the Jew and the Car­rot]. At Pesach we drink a lot of wine. Why is it called the sym­bol of our joy? In an arid envi­ron­ment, wine can be seen a method of preser­va­tion. If you do not live or … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Let My People Go!

Posted on 2009/03/26 by davka

Nisan, the month of our lib­er­a­tion Actu­al­ly, the com­plete phrase is “Let My peo­ple go… that they may serve Me.” from Exo­dus 5:1. It is inter­est­ing how the phrase has been used (and abused). Exo­dus and Lib­er­a­tion When you check … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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