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do candles have feelings?

Posted on 2009/12/14 by davka

Sun­day night, Decem­ber 13, with the staff of Hazon, I had the plea­sure of expe­ri­enc­ing (and meet­ing) Yis­rael Camp­bell. He has a one-man show (per­­for­­mance/­s­­tand-up rou­tine) now play­ing at the Bleeck­er Street The­ater (near HUC-JIR). The New York Times gave it a pos­i­tive … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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how much is any life worth?

Posted on 2009/12/05 by davka

redeem­ing pris­on­ers The val­ue of פדיון שבויים‎ (Pidy­on Shvuy­im, the redemp­tion of pris­on­ers) is very impor­tant in Jew­ish life. Mai­monides states that it takes prece­dence over sup­port­ing the poor or cloth­ing them… because the prob­lems of the cap­tive include those … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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