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7 Joyous Events That Happened on the 15th of Av
A list of the joyous events that occurred on the 15th of Av, as detailed by the sages of the Talmud.
By Yanki Tauber
10 Keys to Understanding Many Ashkenazi Family Names
Goldstein, Schapiro, Landau, Posner, Isaacs, Schwartz, Weiss, Moskowitz, Goldberg, Rosenberg … the list goes on.
By Yehuda Altein
Why Is the Ketubah Written in Aramaic?
Why was it originally written in Aramaic, not Hebrew? And why is it still written in that language today?
By Yehuda Shurpin
The Challenge of Scripted Prayers
Can a person’s relationship with his Creator be expressed in a scripted prayer? Is it possible to dictate the feelings one should be conveying to G-d?
By Naftali Silberberg
Take the Jewish Wedding Quiz
By Menachem Posner
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