The refreshments almost always include chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and
beer. To understand why, we need to understand the main reasons behind the shalom zachor.
by Yehuda Shurpin
Love can only blossom in an open heart. When our hearts are closed we cannot feel affection, even when that affection is really there. And what makes a heart close is fear.
By Aron Moss
What does this day commemorate? Well, three things, actually.
My hope is that this
letter, an artifice to ease my double grief over your death and cremation, will
reach other Jews in the same plight, children and parents.
By Michael Chighel
Ezra the Scribe headed the religious revival of the people living in Israel at the beginning of the Second Temple era.
By Mendel Adelman
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