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48 Ways to Acquire Torah: Way #6
Hillel GoldbergMay 24, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #6, “Awe” I am in awe when I stand at the...
48 Ways to Acquire Torah: Way #5
Hillel GoldbergMay 17, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #5, “An Intelligent Heart” “Intelligence...
48 Ways to Acquire Torah: Way #4
Hillel GoldbergMay 10, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #4, “Understanding of the Heart”...
48 Ways to Acquire Torah: Way #3
Hillel GoldbergMay 03, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #3, “Articulate Speech” Go into a library...
48 Ways to Acquire Torah: Way #2
Hillel GoldbergApr 26, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #2, “Attentive Listening” Every single Jew...
48 ways to acquire Torah: Way #1
Hillel GoldbergApr 19, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” For the next 48 weeks, I shall address each of these ways. This...
Just when you thought things in Syria could not get any worse
Hillel GoldbergApr 12, 2018
Mass population transfer The way Middle East expert Mordechai Kedar paints it, the last thing Israel has to worry about in Syria is a major Iranian military presence...
Two Passover takes: the Bible’s and the historian’s
Hillel GoldbergApr 05, 2018
Do we really know what happened when the ancient Israelites left Egypt? We don’t, and it’s a good thing we don’t, for if we did, we likely would not be here to...
Dayyenu is enough — really?
Hillel GoldbergMar 29, 2018
This ode to Passover was first published in the IJN in 1982 and has occupied this space before Passover many years since. ONE of the most popular parts of the Passover...
Two minutes with President Trump
Hillel GoldbergMar 22, 2018
The so-called fake news media missed a really important step in the dismissal of Rex Tillerson and the hiring of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Actually, there was...
