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They Tried to Kill Us, They Couldn’t, Let’s Eat

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, February 28, 2024

They tried to kill us, they couldn’t, let’s eat. It’s funny, isn’t it, that so many of the holidays in the Jewish calendar can be summed up with this tripartite…

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Do a Mitzvah Today

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, January 31, 2024

Mitzvah goreret mitzvah – One mitzvah leads to another mitzvah. (Pirke Avot 4:2) In mid-November and mid-January our Women of Solel group gathered in the Solel kitchen to cook and…

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Who Will Be for Us?

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, December 31, 2023

אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו, אֵימָתָי Im ein ani li, mi li? Uch-sheh-ani l’atzmi, mah ani? V’im lo achshav eimatai? — Rabbi…

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Shining Light in The Darkness

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, November 30, 2023

The Sages taught in a baraita: It is a mitzvah to place the Hanukkah lamp at the entrance to one’s house on the outside, so that all can see it….

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