by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 1, 2016 | Antisemitism, Chosen Nation, Covenant, Free Will, God, Holiness, Purity, Shemini
This week’s portion contains one of the basic fundamentals of kosher eating – the list of animals that are permitted as well as a list of animals that are not. Chapter 11 begins: Speak to the people of Israel, saying, these are the living things that you may eat among...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2016 | Free Will, God, Jonah, Maps, Miracles, Revelation and Prophecy
This map features the locations mentioned in the Book of Jonah Chapters 1 and 3. God commands Yonah to go the city of Ninveh and speak to its inhabitants in order to get them to repent of their evil ways (Jonah 1:2). Though at first he runs away, Yonah ultimately...