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The primary topic of our double parsha focuses on the affliction of tzaraat, its diagnosis and prognosis. The attention is primarily on the kohen, who is given detailed instructions for how to detect what is or is not tzaraat. He is also given tremendous autonomy in deciding whether the mark he is examining is tzaraat. Interestingly, there is no mashgiach monitoring to see that what the kohen declares is “correct.” He makes the call. more
With the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel this coming week, we are once again faced with the annual rants concerning whether to say Hallel with a blessing, or not to say Hallel at all. more
It’s incredible how one Jewish woman speaking to one Long Island synagogue’s men’s club can generate the wrath of so many progressive-first “Jewish” organizations. As soon as the word spread that Pamela Geller, blogger and fighter of radical Islam, would be appearing at Great Neck Synagogue April 14, the PC Police began an e-mail and phone campaign seeking to get the talk canceled. more
Never, as long as I live, will I forget that moment, when the sounds of children’s laughter on a beautiful, peaceful Jerusalem afternoon were shattered by the screams of terror and agony that are the music for the dance of the suicide bomber. more
All the Pesach dishes are packed, refrigerators, freezers and pantries restocked, that can only mean one thing (to me, at least)……baseball is back!!!!! I am an uber die hard Brave’s fan. I never miss a game. I either watch it at home, on my cell or tape it. more
Tragedy has struck. Aharon’s two older sons are dead, victims of their own efforts in bringing a ‘strange fire’ into the Mishkan. Now their corpses must be removed from a room only their father and brothers may enter, yet these very people are the ones who are prevented from entering because they have a job to do, and responsibilities which can not fall by the wayside – the inevitable outcome of their becoming “tameh” through contact with the deceased. more
The untimely and completely supernatural death of Nadav and Avihu serves as one of the focal points of this week’s parasha. Nadav and Avihu were the sons of Aharon and Elisheva: “Aaron took to himself for a wife, Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.” more
In last week’s tribute to the sacrifice of Rabbi Menachem Ziemba, one of the scholars referenced was Rabbi Dr. Pesach Schindler, whose information concerning Rabbi Ziemba was crucial to my essay’s theme and purpose. In response to numerous inquiries concerning Dr. Schindler and in commemoration of the upcoming Yom Hashoah observances in our community, I am reprising several previous essays of his literary works on the Holocaust as well as works by others on this timely subject. more
To the Editor: The Community Coalition of the Five Towns wishes to thank all residents of the community for their support in defeating the March 20 public referendum to sell the Number Six School to Simone Healthcare. more
Remember those wonderful promises given to the American people about Obamacare, how we were told that all of us will be saving money because of the government control of healthcare. President Obama said it over and over again: “Families will save on their premiums.” “Your employer, it’s estimated, would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent … which means they could give you a raise.” more
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