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Matzah Scam Rocks Israel

Matzah Scam Rocks Israel

Growing up in New York in the ‘50s I was naïve to scam artists. We knew to respect our parents and be helpful to our neighbors. The police were heroes we looked up to. At the same time we also knew that some things were sacred. I remember my mother preparing me a special lunch to take to public school during the week of Passover. Since the bible instructed Jews to refrain from all leaven for 8 days, we switched from cake and bread to matzah, the unleavened bread eaten by our ancestors when Mose
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Tisha B’Av – Mourning the Destruction

Tisha B’Av – Mourning the Destruction

The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av begins tonight (Wednesday, July 29) at sunset. This day marks the anniversary of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, in 423 BCE and 69 CE by the Babylonians and the Romans respectively. (There are a couple of ways to figure the count, so you may sometimes see slightly different dates given.) Throughout Jewish history, many other calamities of note happened or began on this same day. It is observed as a day of fasting and mou
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22j - Nations of the World

Chapter 22j - Nations of the World

Continued from Chapter 22i 53:5: “But he [Israel] was wounded as a result of our [the nations of the world] transgressions, he was crushed as a result of our iniquities.” Christian renderings of the Hebrew text attempt to convey the message that the servant vicariously took upon himself the sins of the people, and this caused him, and not them, to suffer the consequences. This conclusion is arrived at by a distortion of the text. That is, they claim the servant took on the iniquities of other
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 22s - Deceit

Chapter 22s - Deceit

Continued from Chapter 22r 53:9: “neither was there any deceit in his mouth” A Parable on Deceit Once upon a time, in a far off city a man entered the city’s largest church and announced: “Destroy this church and in three days I will raise it up.” Some shrugged their shoulders and said to each other “he’s a madman” others just scoffed and said “why is he disrupting the service?” But others said, “You know, we could use a new building and he seems like an honorable fellow.” Before you could
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz