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Eden Defines the Truth About Responsibility

Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce, Ph.D.
In B’reishit, God tells Adam he may eat the fruit of any tree but the tree of knowledge. But when Eve offers him the fruit, he eats it and then blames Eve for the transgression. Is Adam’s evasion acceptable?

What A Rabbi Learned From Her Roller Coaster Of A Wedding

Rabbi Marci N. Bellows

Everybody says their wedding was a rollercoaster, but mine really was, what with a blackout, a flood and a fire.

It was sometimes hard not to wonder – were all the complications bad omens? In the end, we realized that these challenges were gifts. But before

Book Discussion: Houses of Study - A Jewish Woman Among Books

Rabbi Marci N. Bellows

One of my favorite activities to bring to a classroom of elementary school-aged religious school students is a deceptively simple art project: "Draw a Jew." Easy, no? In fact, I encourage you to do so, even just in your own mind, as you read these words. What

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