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From the blog of Ben Rothke at The Times of Israel

Trying to parse through tradition to find the source for Jewish prayers.

In a tradition preserved in the Babylonian Talmud, Jews unhappy with the Temple of Jerusalem imagined a mythological paradise rooted in Zoroastrian mythology instead

In Yevamot 54b we encounter a statement by either R. Yona or Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua.

From the blog of Frederick L. Klein at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Daphne Lazar Price at The Times of Israel

A Russian-born rabbi living in the Milwaukee area says there is no winning in the Ukraine invasion — only suffering for everyone involved.

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