The war was reductive, stripping away externals of Jewish identity and exposing the common core of what unites every Jew. It endowed us with unity, but it also heightened our communal identity.
The writing of the Torah was an initiative of the Kyiv chief rabbi, Yonatan Markowitz.
We live life in haste, in a hurry, chasing after money and dreaming that it will make us happy, and meanwhile, we miss out on the wonderful beauty that lies before our eyes in every corner.
What is it about these two things, anything leavened and sweet fruits, that causes their prohibition as offerings?
Some people have seen their homes consumed by fire or shattered by bombs, their loved ones taken captive or fallen in battle as a “kapparah,” giving their lives up for all Israel.
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