Like a tree, the Jewish holiday for trees has changed and evolved throughout history. In the 16th century, the kabbalists of Safed transformed Tu Bishvat

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The Talmud (Eruvin 65) suggests that a person is de­fined by what he carries in his pockets. Every Thanks­giving, I look into my pockets and

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It is Friday afternoon, two hours before Shabbat. I am preparing salmon in my Jerusalem studio apartment, listening to a recorded lecture on my computer

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