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Nov 23, 2023, 10:36 AM

The Evil of Misplaced Sensitivity

Our very first description of יעקב אבינו following his birth is that he was an איש תם יושב אהלים. The literal translation of תם is simple. However, the מדרש says that תם can also mean perfect and חז"ל say...

Nov 1, 2023, 6:30 PM

The Jewish Answer

In 1843, Bruno Bauer introduced a term that had been implicit for decades, perhaps even spanning all of human history. This term emerged from his book, The Jewish Question. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Jews have...

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