By Yochanan Gordon The Gemara in Sukkah says that there are six aspects in which Shemini Atzeres is its own independent holiday; the mnemonic the Gemara utilizes in conveying these six aspects is pezer keshev, which stands for payis, z’man, regel, korban, shir, and berachah. This means that with the entrance of Shemini Atzeres we […]
This week the Renewal organization oversaw its thousandth kidney transplant. It is now 17 years since Renewal’s founding, and it is staggering to contemplate how they have saved and changed so many lives. Rabbi Josh Sturm, the director of outreach for Renewal, told me that each of the 1,000 transplants as well as the circumstances and […]
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