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I have always been struck by Thomas Jefferson’s phrase “the pursuit of happiness” as it appears in the Declaration of ...

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The Hasidic Movement began when bands of wondering Jews traveled to remote Jewish communities to teach and inspire the uneducated ...

Rabbi Medini, the Sdei Chemed, not only authored a Talmudic encyclopedia by himself but was an extremely holy man, recognized ...

The Sdei Chemed is a remarkable encyclopedia of topics in the Talmud and Jewish law, yet written by one man, ...

Rabbi Medini, chief rabbi of Crimea for 33 years, lived a remarkable life that spanned many lands, touching all types ...

One of the worst parts of the Czarist Cantonist Decree is that it turned Jew against Jew, and created a ...

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