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Pinchas

Pinchas Divrei Torah Blogs Israel 

Some thoughts for parshat Pinchas

July 2, 2010February 3, 2011 barry 3 Comments

Pinchas is the Bible's great zealot.  Last week we read how in a fit of zealotry, he killed a couple

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Pinchas Aliyah 

t-17 hours…

July 8, 2007July 25, 2011 barry 0 Comment

Today is our last day in the United States before leaving for Israel on aliyah. From Toledo we went to

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Pinchas 

Pinchas 5766

July 13, 2006July 25, 2011 barry 0 Comment

The fighting in Gaza and Lebanon has pushed a lot of other things aside in the last few days, but

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Pinchas Human Rights 

On Friday the Rabbi got Gassed…

July 10, 2006July 25, 2011 barry 2 Comments

Today I got a good whiff of tear gas for the first time in 33 years.  That was not actually

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Pinchas 5763 — Passionate Moderates

July 25, 2003February 12, 2016 Barry Leff 1 Comment apathy

Number 25:11. Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the

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