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the electronic leaflet

Posted on 2010/06/08 by davka

from prayer­book to leaflet I have been involved in writ­ing and dis­trib­ut­ing leaflets at least since 1966 when our fam­i­ly com­posed a leaflet [text] we dis­trib­uted in front of our con­gre­ga­tion’s Yom Kip­pur obser­vance call­ing atten­tion to the war in Viet­nam. … 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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