Archive for February 2018
Whitewashed History: The Tragedy of 9 Adar
The House of Hillel & The House of Shammai Every Jew has heard the ancient stories of the Houses of Hillel and Shammai and their opposing views in the early codification of Jewish law. We learned that Rabbi Hillel and Rabbi Shammai disagreed on virtually everything. They even disagreed about whether it was wrong to…
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My Visit To The Capuchin Crypt My wife and I were in Italy last Halloween eve. We decided that the most appropriate way to commemorate Halloween was to sign up for a Roman “Crypt Tour” and visit some of the oldest known burial sites in the world. However, when we visited the Capuchin Crypt we…
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