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The Pied Piper of Yom Kippur

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This article was published in issue 54 | Tishrei 5781 | September 2020 The leader who remade Lubavitch as a global brand. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch, also known as Rayatz, in the 1920s Photo:...

Pilgrimage on a Big Scale

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A Few Numbers Every year, of the approximately 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, about 3 million pilgrims arrive in Mecca during the month of the Hajj. These enormous numbers mean that crowd control methods have...

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To the Mountain of the Lord

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Roads, Bridges and Parking A ring road would form an extended ellipse around Jerusalem, defining the city’s area of influence. This would be the Mt. Moriah metropolitan zone – which in the future, should be...

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Pilgrim City

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Destination Jerusalem In ancient times, the major challenge faced by the city administration was to provide water and accommodation, both at the roadside, for those approaching Jerusalem on foot, and within the city walls for...

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Faith Under Fire

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Three Soldiers The first was in the armored corps. His tank took a direct hit, and he alone survived, burnt from head to toe. In the long months he lay in a hospital bed, he...

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Romans on the Roofs of Gamla

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The Great Revolt at Gamla Summer, two thousand years ago. The Great Revolt against the Romans rages through Judea. Weary Jewish refugees climb the steep ravines of the Golan, eyeing the birds of prey circling...

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The Saga of a Budapest Family Sukka

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Up Against the Wall Walking into the first exhibit hall of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, just across from the ferry...

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Shofar – Blasting Away

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Sounding the Alarm Reverberating throughout Elul (the last month of the Jewish year, roughly corresponding to August/September) and climaxing on the High Holy Days, the blast of the shofar has changed little since it was...

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Breaking the Sound Barrier

יובל ריבלין

Nothing to Say There’s an old joke about a boy who hadn’t uttered a word since birth. Years passed, until one evening, he turned to the person sitting next to him at the dinner table...

Festivals of Tishrei

Festivals of Tishrei

The Pied Piper of Yom Kippur

Pilgrimage on a Big Scale

To the Mountain of the Lord

Pilgrim City

Faith Under Fire

Romans on the Roofs of Gamla

The Saga of a Budapest Family Sukka

Shofar – Blasting Away

Breaking the Sound Barrier

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Festivals of Tishrei

The Pied Piper of Yom Kippur

Pilgrimage on a Big Scale

To the Mountain of the Lord

Pilgrim City

Faith Under Fire

Romans on the Roofs of Gamla

The Saga of a Budapest Family Sukka

Shofar – Blasting Away

Breaking the Sound Barrier

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