Rabbi Scott's Weekly Blog...
"What does it mean to be Jewish?"
This isn’t some existential question that only became germane to our lives because of our post-shtetl, assimilated, acculturated, reality. It’s actually a question we have been asking for millennia. The Book of Devarim (or Deuteronomy) is built upon this investigation. Moses, Joshua and Caleb (the only Israelites alive at this point who had experienced slavery and the Exodus) stand before the Israelites (or... READ MORE
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