Category Archives: Judaism

Taking Yom Kippur Seriously

From Haaretz: NEW YORK – “I did not need to ask for quiet during the long Musaf service on Yom Kippur,” the rabbi of a large Reform synagogue in Manhattan said yesterday. “The worshipers sat withdrawn inside themselves and they … Continue reading

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Rashi’s Daughters Revisited

Chavi the Convert blogs: In this post, I issued my irritation at the perpetuation of Rashi’s daughters as a true, factual set of events in history, whereas in truth it is merely a legend developed with no factual documentation beyond … Continue reading

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