January 2021

Tu B’Shvat: The Cure Before the Malady

by: Nalini Ibragimov There is a well-known statement of our Sages that God sends the remedy before the ailment. This past week, the Torah reading of parshat Bo, described the last three plagues that the Egyptians had to bear. The eighth plague was arbeh, locusts, which...

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The New Year for the trees

There is a debate in the Talmud as to when exactly is the new year for the trees. We follow the opinion that the new year is on the 15th of Shevat but the dissenting opinion is that it is today, the first of Shevat....

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