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Reflecting, Marveling, Looking for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Markers
by Sigal Tavel
Coming of age ceremonies are evident in almost all cultures around the world. In Australia and New Zealand, a party called The Twenty-First marks the 21st birthday of a boy or girl. The Japanese celebrate a similar day for 20-year-olds as a national holiday called the Coming of Age Day on the second Monday of January each year. In many Latin American cultures, Quinceaneras, or girls turning 15, celebrate the passage to womanhood. read more
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Chayat Hashavua: God‘s wisdom in creating spiders
By Rabbi Moshe ben Asher, Ph.D.
Do you know the Hebrew name for the spider? It's akavish, but we don't know anything about the root meaning of the word. Is there anything likeable about spiders?read more
