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Zev I. Farber
Rabbi, Dayan, Ph.D.
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HOLIDAYS
PASSOVER
Spilling Wine: Protection from the Plagues
What is Better than Wine?
An Abomination to the Egyptians?
Exodus Thrugh Deception
The Torah's Exodus
How Matzah Became Part of the Story
מדוע אנו אוכלים מצות בפסח
Splitting the Story of the Sea
The Four Sons
Sacrificing a Lamb in Egypt
The Missing Speeches in the Plague Story
SHAVUOT
What Torah Did We Receive?
The Omer - When?
זמן מתן תורתנו
SUKKOT
The Origins of Sukkot
Summoning God on Hoshanah Rabba
An Ancient Rain-Making Ritual
Kohelet: Is All Futile?
Israelite Festivals
טקס זימון האל
HIGH HOLIDAYS
The Sins of Their Parents
Does God Remit Punishment?
PURIM
Unraveling Megillat Esther
The Assassination Plot
Ahasuerus and Vashti in Midrash
In Defense of Vashti
The Achaemenid Persian Empire
סיפור בגתן ותרש
TISHA B'AV
Why Jews Fast
On What Day Were the Temples Destroyed?
?יותר מתשובה אחת, מתי בדיוק נחרב בית המקדש
CHANUKA& MINOR HOLIDAYS
Chanukah: Not Judah Maccabee’s Holiday
Nicanor Day
Cancelling Megillat Ta'anit
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