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Who Needs Sabbath?
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Brad Hirschfield
Who Needs Sabbath? We all do. We all need a Sabbath — one that nurtures the body and the soul. But as religious leaders tend to spend more time defining what that means, convincing others to share their definition and condemning those who don’t share it as missing out on the having a “real” Sabbath,…
Hitting Kids IS NOT A Religious Act, No Matter what Anybody Says
By
Brad Hirschfield
If you don’t know the names, Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, Lydia Schatz, Michael Pearl, or the book, To Train Up A Child, you should. These are the names of two parents convicted, respectively, of murder and manslaughter in the case of their 7 year-old daughter, and the self-proclaimed minister/author of a book which teaches the…
Sabbath: Why We All Need One and How To Have One
By
Brad Hirschfield
We all need a Sabbath, one that nurtures the body and the soul. But as religious leaders tend to spend more time defining what that means, convincing others to share their definition and condemning those who don’t share it as missing out on the having a “real” Sabbath, most people can’t imagine that Sabbath is…
Medieval Jewish Traditions, both Culinary and Spiritual, Continue in Today’s New York Times
By
Brad Hirschfield
I love the New York Times’ Dining section. Each Wednesday, I look forward to reading the articles and reviews, most of which food and drink that I can’t eat because it’s not kosher. But not consuming and nor appreciating are two entirely different things. In fact, there is a long-standing debate in rabbinic tradition about…
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