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Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Nov 3, 2025, 8:43 AM

Illustrative. A ceremony at Netiv Ha'asara on October 6, 2024, commemorating the 20 residents who were slain by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Shalom Yerushalmi / Times of Israel)

Thirty years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the lessons of October 7th point the way away from hatred and toward unity

Apr 8, 2025, 3:25 PM

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The Fast of Esther: Standing as one from quarantine

Illustrative. 'The Reception,' 1873, by John Frederick Lewis. (Wikipedia)

The Jews of Shushan who fasted on Esther's behalf model supporting one another from a distance -- here is a bunch of practical suggestions

About Me

Rav Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy is the rosh beit midrash at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, a yeshiva that embraces Jews of all genders and religious observances.