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Parshat
Miketz
30 Kislev 5766
/ December 30-31, 2005
Haftarah - Zecharia 2:14-4:7
This Shabbat:
Rosh Chodesh
Tevet is celebrated on Shabbat, December 31, and Sunday, January 1.
Special Day
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Chanukah is
celebrated through Monday, January 2.
Rosh Chodesh
Tevet is celebrated on Shabbat, December 31, and Sunday, January 1.
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 Baruch's
Birthday
By Barbara Sofer
Magdu
and Ambat Eyob grew up in neighboring villages in the Quara
district of northern Ethiopia. "Even though the Jewish community
was small, we made sure not to marry cousins," says Ambat,
serving soft drinks in the family's apartment in Jerusalem's
Neveh Ya'acov neighborhood. "The men farmed, and women stayed
home with the children."
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Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb's Dvar Torah
A Little Philosophy and Three Kugels |
The Coming
Week's Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original
ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published
in the Hebrew version of the Steinsaltz Edition of the Talmud.
Eruvin
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From A Candle by Day by Rabbi Shraga
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