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There is a Gemara in Yoma 39b that states that Shimon HaTzaddik had foretold of his impending demise in conversation with his associates. “How do you know this?” they asked. He said, “Every Yom Kippur, I would be met by an elderly individual who was entirely clothed and wrapped in white. He would enter the […]
By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein This week’s essay presents a meticulous examination of the Hebrew word cheilev (often translated simply as “fat” in English) and its ostensible synonyms. The word cheilev appears approximately 90 times throughout the Bible, with a plurality of those appearances clustered around the opening chapters of the Book of Leviticus in […]
By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein When Pharaoh finally let the Jews leave Egypt, the Bible reports that the Jews were “chamushim” (Ex. 13:18). Most of my readers are likely familiar with the exegetical interpretations of this word cited by Mechilta and Rashi (there), which interpret the word “chamushim” as a cognate of the Hebrew word […]
A new book charts the rise of one of the UK’s biggest synagogues, New North London
From the blog of Reuven Chaim Klein at The Times of Israel