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Midrash, Manicures and Middle School Girls
ByRabbi Jason Miller November 2, 2011

I love reading about the creative ways in which my colleagues are bringing people closer to Torah. Over the weekend I read about one young colleague (a Conservative rabbi) who is using manicures to teach midrash in a Jewish day school. Yes, manicures! Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times The NY Times reports that Rabbi Yael…

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Making the Four Children Speak to Us
ByRabbi Jason Miller April 14, 2011

One of goals of the Passover seder is make this ancient, traditional ritual speak to us today. On Monday night, throughout the world, Jewish people will retell the story of the Exodus with the commentary of the Haggadah. For me, the most poignant part of the seder ritual is the section describing four different individuals….

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