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BREAKING NEWS

22:53
Man jumps into path of train in Tel Aviv, sustains critical injuries (Israel Radio)
22:51
Number of injured reported in Teva Naot factory blast rises to 31 (Haaretz)
21:15
Netanyahu says new UN report shows int'l pressure not stopping Iran's nuclear program (AP)
20:43
Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes in sea off Tonga (Reuters)
20:34
One man killed, six lightly injured at explosion in Teva Naot factory (Haaretz)
20:28
U.K. police arrests a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy in soldier killing (Reuters)
19:56
Head of Iraq police department ousted over murder of Bedouin girls (Haaretz)
18:55
Man suspected of murdering daughters, ages 5 and 3, believed to have fled to PA (Haaretz)
17:53
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange trading hours to be lengthened by one hour beginning June 16th (Haaretz)
17:41
Charges brought against 19-year-old who attacked men walking to Kotel on Nakba Day (Israel Radio)
17:19
Russian court denies bail for Pussy Riot band member (AP)
17:14
Taliban rickshaw bomb kills thirteen in Pakistan (AP)
16:59
Haredi MK calls Perry Committee's proposed IDF draft law 'unrealistic, ignorant, arrogant' (Haaretz)
16:37
Two killed and one seriously injured in car accident near Kfar Maymon (Haaretz)
15:43
Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus (Reuters)

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Portion of the Week

A new form of authority / Parashat Nasso

With these words, God praises the Jewish people for its beauty, which is revealed when it displays its desire to voluntarily offer a gift for the Tabernacle.

By Yakov Meir | May 17, 2013 | 12:58 PM

Moses and Ten Commandments

Reproduction of the Ark of the Covenant and the Cherubs

Seeing and being seen / Parashat Bemidbar

If it is a capital sin to see the articles and utensils as they are being placed inside their covers, how could the pilgrims see the Holy of Holies three times a year?

By Yakov Meir | May 10, 2013 | 11:27 AM

Eyal Toueg “If ye walk in my statues,” says Behukotai, you will be rewarded with fertile earth and p

Punishment and passion / Parashat Behar-Behukotai

Everything that belongs to a person − his body, the members of his family, his livestock and land − can be converted to cash and offered to the Temple. And via this process, a man’s personal space is defined, as is that of the Temple.

By Yakov Meir | May 3, 2013 | 11:14 AM

sheep

The high priest as marriage counselor / Parashat Emor

The high priest is supposed to understand that there is a special bond between God and his nation, and must grasp the minute details of the system of sacrifices so as to nurture that bond.

By Yakov Meir | Apr 26, 2013 | 11:51 AM

"La Promenade"

Earth as co-conspirator / Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim

Even if Israel violates the prohibitions concerning sexual relations and the earth becomes defiled, it will vomit out the Children of Israel only if God chooses to punish the earth for its iniquity.

By Yakov Meir | Apr 19, 2013 | 01:52 PM

"The Leprose"

From outcast to visionary / Parashat Tazria-Metzora

Instead of the leper leaving his leprosy behind him, he finds that the disease that led him to live on the margins of society also allows him to become a messenger of good tidings.

By Yakov Meir | Apr 12, 2013 | 01:04 PM

"The Sin of Nadab and Abihu"

'Thou art wise for thyself' / Parashat Shemini

The search for rational reasons for Judaism’s various prohibitions is intended to persuade people that there are concrete reasons for the various commandments.

By Yakov Meir | Apr 5, 2013 | 12:30 PM

"Song of Songs"

A counterweight to the drama / Shabbat Hol Hamo'ed Pesach

The 'matter of the Exodus from Egypt' that is 'explicitly' referred to in the Song of Songs is an event that transcends time and that constitutes an emotional counterweight to the event's drama.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 29, 2013 | 09:59 AM

Illustration from 'Copenhagen Haggadah,' 1739

A formative - and food-related - moment

Rabbi Gamliel proposes that the seder menu be recited at the table, not as an auxiliary text but rather as a key element in the meal. If menu is not recited, the commandment to observe Passover has not been performed.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 22, 2013 | 10:16 AM

Early 20th-century depiction of the Temple’s altar.

Exposing the ‘true face’ of God / Parashat Vayikra

A well-known parable in the Babylonian Talmud explains why Bilga's family, one of the priestly families in Jerusalem, was punished. A hint: It wasn't because Miriam, a daughter of Bilga, became an apostate or married a Greek officer.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:08 AM

'The Tabernacle'

When prophet meets artist / Parashat Vayakhel Pekdei

Bezalel seeks the logic embedded in the source, and thus adapts the text as he has received; in doing so, the midrash argues, he succeeds in arriving at the original text that came from God's lips.

| Mar 8, 2013 | 10:29 AM

Moses and Ten Commandments

Dogma and dynamism / Parashat Ki Tissa

The Torah commandment concerning levying of taxes ends on that note but scholars present a dialogue between Moses and God on the subject.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 1, 2013 | 11:11 AM

Esther and Mordechai

Ahasuerus as the essence / Purim

The Mishnah's working assumption here is that the Scroll of Esther should be read until the end, but that it is possible that one is not required to read it from the very beginning.

By Yakov Meir | Feb 22, 2013 | 10:43 AM

Anglo File

Inside the clubhouse, a 100 square meter facility run by the Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center

Privately funded clubhouse for lone soldiers to open in Tel Aviv

By Andrew Esensten | 04:54 AM

Jerusalem & Babylon

Israel U.S. Jewish Americans May 22, 2011

Why is no Israeli minister in charge of relations with Diaspora Jews?

By Anshel Pfeffer | 01:50 AM | 8

Sayed Kashua

Illustration by Amos Biderman

One last cigarette, then Sayed Kashua will be a better person

By Sayed Kashua | 01:15 PM | 3

The Twilight Zone

Palestinian landowners from Azamouk.

'If the settlement of Elon Moreh wasn't here, we'd be living in paradise'

By Gideon Levy, Alex Levac | 11:21 AM | 3

Pen Ultimate

Warsaw in 1945

Wordplay: Reflections by a 'second-generation, Shoah-lite' Pole

By Michael Handelzalts | 11:04 AM | 4

Doron Rosenblum

Illustration by Eran Wolkowski

Plans for the Israeli summer break: Drama? Crisis? War?

By Doron Rosenblum | 01:24 PM

Portion of the Week

The menorah in front of the Knesset.

'Trapped' and speechless texts / Parashat Teruma

By Yakov Meir | 09:14 AM

The Makings of History

Ben-Gurion

Will we ever find out what the censor left out?

By Tom Segev | 10:08 PM | 3

Tal Niv

Eviatar Borovsky funeral

Snapshot: Between a funeral and an outpost

By Tal Niv | 11:37 AM

Relatively Speaking

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg – A generational and cultural gap

By Aviva Lori | 08:51 PM

Pleasure Hunting

Bread from Shahar's bakery

By Ronit Vered | 02:34 PM

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