Day: June 24, 2021

73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Reverse more of Trump’s Israel policies and call settlements illegal

Arsen Mayer

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A letter from 73 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, including a number in leadership positions, urges President Joe Biden to make a number of moves to reverse what they call the Trump administration’s “abandonment of longstanding, bipartisan United States policy” on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Among other things, the letter sent Wednesday […]

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Yoma 76

Meghan Froy

On today’s daf, the Gemara continues its discussion of the five afflictions of Yom Kippur that we first encountered in the mishnah on Yoma 73: abstaining from eating and drinking, bathing, anointing, wearing shoes and conjugal relations.  As we’ve seen them do many times already, the rabbis then inquire about the biblical source of two of these afflictions: […]

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Yoma 75

Meghan Froy

According to the Book of Exodus, manna (an edible substance that God provided to sustain the Israelites as they wandered through the wilderness) was delicious: “Its flavor was like wafers made of honey.” (Exodus 16:34) Yum! Today’s daf highlights one of the less tasty, but no less important aspects of the manna as the rabbis […]

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