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Exactly why did Saul spare Agag? After wiping out his people?
Why is Saul later killed by an Amalekite?
2 years, 6 months ago
The billion dollar gift to Einstein: the Baltimore background
What happens when one spouse is Orthodox and the other Reform? An "Old Baltimore" tale
2 years, 6 months ago
The Letter of Haman: Its demonization of Jews and ordering their death
Haman's spinning of the Biblical narrative to make the Jews look bad, just like Hamas propaganda today
2 years, 6 months ago
Purim and Parshas VaYikra: What's Up With the Angels, the Korbanos, and Vashti?
Reading the megillah in a two-tiered fashion ( הַמֶּלֶךְ)
2 years, 6 months ago
Consequences of Jewish disunity and irresponsibility during the current war
What provoked Schumer's speech? Do Israelis care about the USA and its interests?
2 years, 7 months ago
Why is Purim not on the day of the victorious fight, but on the day after?
R Katz suggests a chronology of the historical development of the acceptance of the holiday of Purim
2 years, 7 months ago
R’ Moshe Provenzalo of Renaissance Italy (Mantua)
Great Italiani gaon, whose rabbinical opponents tried to get him fired by his own בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים
2 years, 7 months ago
Why did Shlomo stash-away his father's gold?
Why the extra (and indeed omnipresent) cherubs and pictures of cherubs all over the Temple?
2 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Pekudei: When is a Mishkan a Full-Blown Mishkan? And When is it Just a Glorified בָּמָה?
The strange history of the 71 years of הֶתֵּר הַבָּמוֹת
2 years, 7 months ago
R Katz analyzes recent trends in antisemitism in America
The bad guys are trying to change PC to say it is ok, indeed correct, to be anti-Semitic.
2 years, 7 months ago