Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Rabbi YY Rubinstein Rabbi YY Rubinstein I grabbed an Uber after I flew back to New York a few weeks ago. I like being able to simply take out my cell phone and summon an Uber or a Lyft; it’s so unlike the usual ordeal of getting into a yellow cab at JFK. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Torah reading on the first two days of Sukkot (Leviticus 22:26-23:44) outlines the festivals that give rhythm and structure to the Jewish year. Examining them carefully, however, we see that Sukkot is unusual and unique. One detail that had a significant influence on Jewish liturgy appears later on, in Deuteronomy […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press It finally happened. A gas station in Takoma Park, Maryland – RS Automotives – is no longer selling gas. It has ditched its gas stations for electric-vehicle charging stations, making it the first gas station in the country to do so. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Midrash (Vayikra Rabba 30) offers the following mashal to explain why one may not use a stolen lulav on Sukkos: A highway robber once stopped a high ranking official and robbed him of everything that he had. One day the robber was caught and was brought on trial before the […]