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November 29, 2025 – 9:08 pm | Comments Off on The Only Absolute Truth67 views

Do you peddle in relative truths, or are you a stickler for the absolute truth? This essay examines the two types of truth and posits that G-d’s truth is absolute.

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The Hostages Are Coming Home

October 9, 2025 – 11:29 am | Comments Off on The Hostages Are Coming Home230 views
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As I write this on Thursday morning, it appears that the hostage exchange will at least begin before Monday evening, the commencement of the Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah holiday. It is hoped that all the living hostages will have been returned by then in a single wave. The bodies …

As The Hostages Come Home

January 25, 2025 – 8:54 pm | Comments Off on As The Hostages Come Home956 views
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As the hostages return home, they revel in their freedom, but at some point, they will ask themselves why they were liberated. What is their new purpose? What must they do with their newfound freedom?
Before the Exodus from Egypt, G-d gave us two commandments: circumcision and the paschal lamb. Why …