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Happy Rosh Hodesh Adar II.
The Hebrew calendar works on a hybrid lunar system that adds an extra month (a second Adar) seven times every 19 years. This adjustment creates the phenomenon of our holidays coming in either early or late relative to the Gregorian calendar, and keeps our holidays…
Let’s talk about the phenomenon of Super Bowl Sunday.
A football game is the impetus behind the near equivalent of a national holiday. I cannot think of another example of this feat.
Baseball is our national pastime. Every fall there is a champion series. Baseball fans watch. Hometown fa…
Kol Yisrael arevim zeh ba-zeh—All Jews are responsible for one another.
This concept of communal responsibility, imposed by the Talmud, has been a hallmark of our people for centuries, and likely one of the reasons for our continued survival as a people.
Many of us remember “Freedom Su…
