From the sources by Eliezer Segal: The Forgotten Festival
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Sukkot, the festival of Tabernacles, has two principal rituals: (1) the carrying of four species of plants in a procession…
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From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Holiness by the numbers
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The Torah is not very informative about how it chose the date for the holiday that we celebrate as “Rosh…
Ukrainian group plans court challenge to prevent release of names of alleged Nazi war criminals
by David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen (September 6) – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress says it plans to go to court to stop the federal government from making…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: In your dreams!
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Compared to some other topics in Jewish religious law, the Torah’s criteria for kosher and non-kosher fish seem very straightforward:…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: De-Bugging Titus
by Eliezeer Segal (AJNews) – General Titus Caesar Vespasianus led the Roman forces against the Jewish insurrection in Palestine, presided over the destruction of Jerusalem…