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Musamman Burj is where overlooks the Taj Mahal where Shah Jahan spent the last seven years of his life placed under house arrest by his son Aurangzeb. This is part of the Agra Fort complex,  ...

Musamman Burj is where overlooks the Taj Mahal where Shah Jahan...

Jaali at Albert Hall Museum

Jaali at Albert Hall Museum

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Detailed Marble Inlay-2.jpg

Josh wanted the same photo!

Josh wanted the same photo!

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Josh Resting.jpg

Covenant & Conversation

Sometime over the High Holy Days, Rabbi Scheinberg suggested to check out Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks‘ weekly podcast Covenant & Conversation. In general Rabbi Scheinberg’s reading suggestions are spot on and I had no doubt that a podcast referral would also we worthwhile. A simple synopsis of the references in this week’s commentary should [...]

Reason #378 Why Jews Stop Being Jews

From YNet this morning, an uplifting and thoughtful decision on gender roles:

…prominent Zionist-religious leader explained that women are allowed to study specific verses from the Gemara, which deal with “subjects related to them,” but they “shouldn’t study Gemara like men.”

What is there to say about this? I do indeed believe in family roles, but the [...]

Talmud Tidbit – 9th & 15th of Av & 17th of Tamuz

Most know some of these, but they were delineated at the end of the last Tractate.

17th of Tamuz – 5 bad things:

Tablets were broken by Moses upon seeing the Golden Calf
Tamid offering discontinued
Jerusalem city wall was breached
Roman military leader Apostumos burned the Torah in the temple
He also placed and image of an idol in the [...]

Talmud Oddities: Sexual Ambiguity

It has been a while since I found a Talmud oddity that was worth posting about. The last couple of tractates have been a bit dry. I am fully versed in the number of doves I am allowed to kill for a Yom Tov and what to do if when I decide they are for [...]