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How Rabbis Dress, Then and Now
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Brad Hirschfield
The classic image of an Orthodox rabbi is of a man with a long beard and black clothes. To be sure, that image is common enough, but certainly not the only one. Speaking personally, while I do have a beard, it’s not so long, and I don’t wear a black suit, or at least not…
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,…
Sabbath: Why We All Need One and How To Have One
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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…
Gupta v. Asha Enterprises: Blurring the Line Between Physical and Spiritual
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Brad Hirschfield
A New Jersey court, in the case of Gupta v. Asha Enterprises, upheld the right of Hindu vegetarians to sue, and seek monetary damages from, a restaurant which, apparently, served them non-vegetarian samosas. The reason? What the court called “spiritual injury”. You gotta love it – seeking material gain to compensate for a spiritual loss!…
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