Why Shabbat Changes its Gender Pronouns — By Ben
I have been attending Shabbat services for almost a decade and it turns out I may have been praying it wrong this whole time. When you recite the Shabbat Amidah […]
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Zachor – The Greatest Trick the Devil ever Pulled WASN’T Convincing the World he Didn’t Exist.
Remember what Amalek did to you on the road, on your way out of Egypt. That he encountered you on the way and cut off those lagging to your rear, […]
Vayechi – End of Days, Don’t Read Ahead — By Ben
Yaakov called for his sons and said, “Gather around and I will tell you what will happen to you in the end of days. Come together and listen, sons of […]
Speechless Yet Blessed: The Profound Lesson of “I am Yosef” — By Ben
Vayigash begins with the sons of Yaakov about to go to war against the highest ranking official in all of Egypt, having no idea this official is their long lost […]
Hiding My Mezuzah – By The Anonymous Blogger
Editor’s Disclaimer: The sentiments expressed in this piece do not represent SixDegreesOfKosherBacon’s views, especially not from what we necessarily believe is a Torah perspective. However, we do feel this site […]
Silence Is Not An Option… Yet Again – By Marc
I love my community. I love being Jewish. I am proud of my Judaism and I am proud of the state of Israel. I do not think she is without […]
Vayishlach – When to Fight
I must have sat staring at my computer for about 20 minutes trying to decide whether to message my friend or not. Of course by friend, I mean someone I […]
Divided We Fall… Again – By Marc
I always try to dance around anything remotely political on this page. The idea was to focus on the spiritual journey towards Judaism. But at times the two crash into […]
Torah + Mitzvah = Jewish Survival – By Marc
So Ben made a good point that my last post ended without bringing up some other important points. I felt like it was running a bit long and so I […]
What Chance Do We Have? — By Ben
Once again we’re at the chilling parsha, Shelach. If you’re not familiar, the Jews are literarily (and figuratively) at the finish line. After coming out of slavery, crossing the sea, and […]
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