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Editorial Cartoon – December 3, 2019
Nichum Aveilim – December 3/5 Kislev
Sudoku – December 3, 2019
This Day in History – December 2/4 Kislev
In 3411/, the last prophecy of the last Navi, Zecharia, was that the Jews should not mourn on Tishah B’Av during the era of the second Beis Hamikdash. In 5287/1526,…
Seeking a Seminary
Q: My daughter, who is in twelfth grade, is now applying to seminaries for next year. She very much wants to go to Eretz Yisrael, but I don’t know if…
Debate Duos
Sudoku – December 2, 2019
Nichum Aveilim – December 2/4 Kislev
Editorial Cartoon – December 2, 2019
Editorial Cartoon – November 28, 2019
Sudoku – November 28, 2019
What’s for Breakfast
Nichum Aveilim – November 28/Cheshvan 30
This Day in History – November 28/Cheshvan 30
30 Cheshvan Yahrtzeiten 5607/1846 – Harav Tzvi Hersh of Rimanov, zt”l 5767/2006 Harav Eliezer Yehudah Waldenberg, Zt”l, the Tzitz Eliezer Harav Eliezer Yehudah Waldenberg was born in Yerushalayim on 3…
A Matter of Mousse
Mousse, the French word for “foam,” is a prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it an airy texture. It can range from light and fluffy to creamy and…
Inside the World of Flavorists, Who Try to Make Plant-Based Meat Taste Like the Real Thing
Consumers are beguiled by flavorists without even being aware of it. Flavorists are the people who tinker with nacho cheese dust, and pumpkin spice lattes. They are the tastemakers, driving…
Nichum Aveilim – 29 Cheshvan/November 27
Sage Fright
I got caught in the crossfire of a dispute at the shtieblach in Beis Yisrael, Yerushalayim. Shtieblach is the plural of shtiebel — literally, a small house. It refers to…
This Day in History – 29 Cheshvan/November 27
In 4402/641, following the Arab capture of Egypt, Jews were again permitted to live in Alexandria. (The Egyptian Jewish community was already 1000 years old by that time.) Yahrtzeiten 5600/1839,…