The Jewish mystical tradition asks: How was it possible for God to create the universe if God’s presence encompasses everything. The Kabbalah’s answer is that God had to contract — …
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By Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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4/2/20
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Rosh Hashanah celebrates the anniversary of God’s creation of human beings.
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By Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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9/26/19
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One of the most important values celebrated during the Hanukkah holiday is captured in a passage near the end of the haftorah that we read in synagogue on the Saturday morning of the holiday.
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Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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12/6/12
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The Jewish holiday of Shavout will be celebrated on May 27-28. It marks the time when God gave the Torah to the Hebrews. Rabbis Eliot Skiddell and Andrew Warmflash reflect on the holiday's meaning.
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5/24/12
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Jews around the world observe Hanukkah for eight days every winter in celebration of a miracle that was done for our ancestors at this season, but what exactly was the miracle?
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RABBI ANDREW WARMFLASH
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12/15/11
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The Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre began Mitzvah 613, a project to write a new Torah scroll for their shul, in hopes of bringing congregants together to share in the joyous process.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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10/20/11
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One striking tradition that is widely observed by Jews at their Passover Seders involves the afikomen, a piece of matzah broken off near the beginning of the evening and eaten by participants “for dessert” after the meal.
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Rabbi Andrew Warmflash
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3/24/10
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