Yoma 62

Echoes, mantras, song choruses — repetition is powerful. The rabbis were particularly attuned to repetition in the sacred language of the Bible, which they understood to be bursting with meaning. Since the sages thought of divine language as perfect, they did not view repetition as redundancy, but as an important clue to deeper significance. Any extra […]

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TAU study shows extinctions related to offspring number, not body size

Despite previous understandings of the relationship between a species’ body size and the probability for its extinction, a new Tel Aviv University study released on Thursday challenges this perception by indicating that probability for extinction is actually correlated to the number of offspring.  This peer-reviewed study was published this March in the academic journal Global Ecology […]

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Evangelical supporters of Israel express concerns with their champion Netanyahu being ousted from power

WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a decades-long embrace that began when he first served as Israel’s prime minister in the 1990s, Benjamin Netanyahu’s evangelical allies are worried about a future without him.  Jews who value the Christian alliance are worried, too, about a possible erosion of support among a critical pro-Israel sector should Netanyahu be forced […]

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