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Azamra: The Mountain and The Secret
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In the previous post , we said that it’s important to understand the concept of Azamra and how following this...
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I am so glad to see progress in Kahn Academy and Read Theory. I might even frame the vocabulary word lists. Without these, it may appear we are just playing school! What did I learn today? A science experiment can quickly become a craft...
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In the early '70s, I was the campus rabbi of Ohio State University, in Columbus. Two of the students were getting married in Cleveland. Their family rabbi was doing the wedding, but I was invited. I got a lift with a group of students who were...
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There is a lovely story in the Talmud about a Roman matron who asked a rabbi "What has your G-d been doing since Creation?" The Rabbi answered "Making marriages!" The matron said "what?!?! I can do the same!" She took her male and female slaves...
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We now enter the wedding hall. The bride is in one room, with all the female guests. She is sitting on a chair that is more like a throne. After all, a bride and groom are to be seen as a queen and king. Her friends are dancing before her,with...
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The groom has now placed the veil on the bride. . It is an incredibly happy time. But can we fully rejoice while there is no Temple, and the world is full of hate and violence? In most communities, ashes are now placed on the grooms head, to...
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The groom is escorted to the marriage canopy. He stands under the huppah/canopy, awaiting his bride. The bride enters the area where the wedding is to be held (usually outdoors). The person performing the wedding calls out "Welcome! The bride is...
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We left off at the point where the kiddushin (consecration) has taken place. The bride is now forbidden to every man in the world except the groom, but not yet permitted to him, either. The nissuin will be done now. In order to separate the two...
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The couple are now married. The wedding ceremony is over. In Ashkenazic tradition, they have had their first minutes alone in the Yichud room. (Sepharadim, as I have written, do that later or even after the wedding feast has ended). The couple...
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When we discuss situations in terms of halachah the situation of people marrying in non-halachic ways (such as civil marriage),, or even marrying "accidentally" (there can be several situations in which this can occur), we are faced with a...
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