Contrary to popular misconception, the rabbis were not
afraid that a piece of chicken has the same appearance as a piece of meat
If striking the rock was so awful, why was it okay so many years earlier? Why didn't Moses follow G-d's simple instructions? Why did this seemingly minor offense have such severe consequences?
My journey to find my Jewish reality is fairly recent and in the beginning was quite tentative. When I began to seek out places to go to services, I had no idea how healing that would be.
While he was talking,
the future rebbe took out a coin and began to flip it up into the air
Winnowing refers to the act of removing chaff from grain, using wind to blow the lighter chaff away from the heavier kernels.
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