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The World According to God | |
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Oh, My God | |
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In the Beginning | |
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Somebody Had To Do It | |
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Just One | |
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False Gods | |
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Not Two | |
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Not Three | |
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The King and I | |
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God Is Good | |
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Two Names: Tough Love | |
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Different Names for Different Strokes | |
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Father and Mother | |
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How Do We Know It's True? | |
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Man and Woman | |
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One God--One Man | |
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What Is a Human Being? | |
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Take Care of Your Body | |
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Healthy in Body | |
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Do Not Desecrate | |
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Watch Out For Your Soul | |
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In His Image | |
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Does God Look Like Us? | |
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Are We Just Like God? | |
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Hasidim versus Mitnagdin | |
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One God--Two Sexes | |
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Vive La Difference | |
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Bone Is Stronger than Dust | |
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Separate, but Not Always Equal | |
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You Have a Choice | |
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Gotta Have Free Will | |
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"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" | |
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A Partner with God | |
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A World Left Unfinished | |
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"Tikun Olam" | |
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Friends | |
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Take Two Tablets | |
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Two Kinds of Commandments | |
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Why Noah Wasn't the First Jew | |
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A "Pious Fool" | |
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Judaism on One Foot | |
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Two Temples Destroyed | |
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It's More than Charity | |
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It's Not Just Money | |
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We're All in One Boat | |
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The Jew and the World | |
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A Kingdom of Priests | |
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The Messianic Vision | |
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Law and Order | |
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The Final Exam | |
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Deed over Creed | |
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You Can Do It! | |
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Do We Need God to Be Good? | |
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We Need Help! | |
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Lighting Our Way | |
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Laws That Don't Make Sense | |
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Does God Really Care? | |
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The Mitzvah and the Golden Mean | |
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It's a Wonderful World | |
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"And Behold It Was Good" | |
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Enjoy Yourself | |
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Christian Ideals-Jewish Sins | |
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The Sin of Celibacy | |
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The Sin of Poverty | |
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The Sin of Solitude | |
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Life Above All | |
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Please Break the Law | |
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The Sin of Suicide | |
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After the Final Curtain | |
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Read All About It | |
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The World's Best-Seller | |
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A Pentateuch, Not a Pentium | |
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Take a Good Shot | |
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"Give Me Five" | |
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Seek and You Shall Find | |
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The Fox and the Fish | |
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Some of My Best Friends Are Jewish | |
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The Biblical Heroes | |
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Abraham | |
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Sarah | |
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Isaac and Rebecca | |
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Jacob | |
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Rachel | |
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The Twelve Tribes | |
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Moses | |
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Aaron | |
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Stories with a Message | |
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Ideas Worth Remembering | |
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"It's the Law" | |
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The Beginning and the End | |
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There's More to the Bible | |
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Bring Down the Curtain | |
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The Three Levels | |
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We're Not a "Non-Prophet" Organization | |
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Nathan | |
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Isaiah | |
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Jeremiah | |
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Elijah | |
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Ezekiel | |
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"Psalm" of These Days | |
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Too Sexy for the Bible? | |
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The Most Sacred of All | |
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Sex Is Beautiful | |
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Why Do Good People Suffer? | |
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The Trial of Job | |
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We Can't Know It All | |
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You Heard It Here First | |
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Have a "Nosh" of Wise Sayings | |
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The Laws and the Legends | |
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The Mission of the Mishna | |
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Six Parts of the Mishna | |
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It's the Doing that Counts | |
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What's Oral Law? | |
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Don't Write It Down! | |
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The Ethics of the Fathers | |
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The Wisdom of the Talmud | |
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And Then There Was the Gemara | |
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Talk about Dedication | |
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Such a Catch! | |
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A Page a Day | |
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What's So Interesting?? | |
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Question Everything | |
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But Why Is That the Law? | |
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Two Men in the Desert | |
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The Concentration Camp Question | |
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The Insights of the Midrash | |
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The Later Voices of Judaism | |
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Explaining the Texts | |
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Rashi's Wisdom | |
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His Commentary Everywhere | |
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From Rashi to Einstein | |
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Exploring the Secrets | |
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Mysticism and the Kabbalah | |
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"My Little Monster" | |
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The Bible Codes | |
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Challenging Faith | |
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The 13 Principles | |
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Applying the Laws | |
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"The Strong Hand" | |
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"The Prepared Table" | |
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Personal Questions | |
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"Dear R-abby" | |
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Can I Do It By Phone? | |
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Can I Buy Insurance? | |
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Must He Atone For His Sin? | |
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Modern-Day Problems | |
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The Time of Your Life | |
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The Jewish Calendar | |
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Less Than 6,000 Years | |
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Jews Begin with Adam | |
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But What About All Those Billions of Years? | |
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Planet of the Apes | |
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A Monthly Honeymoon | |
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Life Isn't Always "Sunny" | |
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Twelve Months--But Sometimes Thriteen | |
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A Holiday Every Month (Almost) | |
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Hooray: Two New Years | |
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T.G.I.S.: Thank God It's Shabbat | |
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Why the Days Don't Have Names | |
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Take a Rest | |
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Light My Fire | |
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Tell Me You Love Me | |
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A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Challah | |
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Revive Me When It's Over | |
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The High Holy Days | |
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Man, They Are Awesome | |
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The Top Ten--Jewish Style | |
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Judgment Day | |
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"I'll Give You One More Chance" | |
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Come Blow Your Horn | |
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"They're Playing Our Song" | |
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Sweet Dreams | |
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Down by the Riverside | |
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Love Is Having To Say You're Sorry | |
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Confession Isn't Enough | |
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What God Can't Forgive | |
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The Day of "At-One-Ment" | |
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Why We're Optimistic | |
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No Fast Food | |
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All My Promises | |
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A Fishy Story | |
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The Essence of Yom Kippur | |
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The Coffin in the Synagogue | |
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It's Historical: The Three Feet | |
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Don't Pass Over Passover | |
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The Five Names of the Holiday | |
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The Jewish Last Supper | |
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"Can I Please Have Your Order?" | |
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Get That Bread Out of Here! | |
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Shavuot: Seven Times Seven | |
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The Middle Man | |
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The Annual All-Nighter | |
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Let's Decorate | |
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Sukkot: Live in a Booth | |
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A House Is Not a Home | |
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Four Kinds of Jews | |
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Simchat Torah: Make a Circle | |
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History and Agriculture | |
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Feasting and Fasting | |
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Purim--Winning The Lottery | |
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There's No Such Thing as Coincidence | |
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The Holiday That Keeps on Happening | |
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I'll Drink to That | |
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Hiss the Villain | |
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Hanukkah: It's Not That "Other" Holiday | |
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It's Greek to Me | |
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If I Had a Hammer | |
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The First Oil Shortage | |
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"Come on Baby Light My Fire" | |
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Put a Good Spin on It | |
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Remember the Sad Times | |
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Spring Has Sprung | |
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The Twentieth Century Holidays | |
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From the Cradle to the Grave | |
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"Mazel Tov": It's a Boy/Girl | |
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You Gotta Have 'Em | |
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"Mazel Tov" | |
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Choose a Name | |
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Your Name Is Your Soul | |
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Circumcision Is a Covenant | |
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Come Join the Party | |
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"Redeem" Your Firstborn | |
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"Today I Am A Man" | |
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Girls Mature Faster | |
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Members of the Wedding | |
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So When Are You Getting Married? | |
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"Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match" | |
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Finding Your Soul Mate | |
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What a Beautiful Ceremony | |
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No See, No Eat | |
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The Tallit and the Veil | |
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Down the Aisle | |
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Under the Chuppah | |
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Round and Round | |
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The Marriage Contract | |
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The Ring | |
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Wine and Blessings | |
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Let's Break a Glass | |
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Just the Two of Us | |
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Advice for the Couple | |
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Ten Rules for a Successful Marriage | |
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But If It Doesn't Work Out | |
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Death Be Not Proud | |
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Leaving This World | |
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Is This All There Is? | |
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But How Could There Be Life After Death? | |
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Saying Goodbye | |
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Mourning the Dead | |
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Sitting Shiva | |
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The Next Stages of Mourning | |
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The Mourner's Kaddish | |
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Why Eleven Months? | |
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The Grave and the Stone | |
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Reincarnation? | |
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All in the Family: The Home | |
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Welcome to My Humble Abode | |
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Watch the Door, Please | |
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The Purpose of the Mezuzzah | |
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What's Inside the Box? | |
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Every Door Needs One | |
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Put the Right Slant on It | |
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Hanukkah for a House? | |
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Why Didn't You Finish It? | |
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Which Way Is East? | |
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And the Very Best Way to Tell a Jewish Home | |
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The Kitchen | |
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Kosher Is More than Clean | |
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It's Not Health Food--It's Holy Food | |
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You Are What You Eat | |
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What's In and What's Out | |
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Be Kind to Animals | |
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Merciful Killing | |
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Do Unto Others | |
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Please Salt It First | |
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Blood Libel? No Way | |
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A Cheeseburger--Yecchhh! | |
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Adam and Eve Were Vegetarians | |
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Not Healthy, Not Kosher | |
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The Dining Room | |
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Wait--Don't Start Eating Yet! | |
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Don't Take Miracles for Granted | |
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Jewish Penicillin | |
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Homemade Chicken Soup | |
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Matzah Balls | |
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Special Foods for All Seasons | |
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Shabbat | |
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The Holidays | |
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Graceland--For Jews | |
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The Bedroom | |
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Sex Is Kosher | |
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Sex--You Can't Do Without It | |
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How Often? | |
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Travel for Business? | |
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Always on Shabbat | |
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Getting to Know You | |
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Have an Affair with Your Wife | |
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With Love and Mutual Consent | |
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But Sometimes It's a No-No | |
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The Jewish Bathhouse | |
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Place of Purification | |
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The Child's Room | |
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Bringing Up Baby | |
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When Do You Start? | |
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Learn the Letters with Honey | |
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How To Be a Good Parent | |
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God Never Said It'd Be Easy | |
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Honor Mom and Dad | |
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Love First, Money Second | |
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You'll Get Your Reward | |
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The Synagogue | |
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Let's Take a Tour | |
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What's the Name on the Door? | |
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The House of Gathering | |
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The House Of Prayer | |
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The House of Study | |
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So Which One Do You Belong to? | |
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Is That the Lost Ark? | |
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East Is East and West Is West | |
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Look at the "Furniture" | |
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Who Are These People? | |
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Meet the Rabbi | |
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Listen to the Cantor | |
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What's a Sexton? | |
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The Lay Leaders | |
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Why Is Everybody Talking? | |
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Let Us Pray | |
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But Why Should I Pray? | |
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The Three Kinds of Prayer | |
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Praising God | |
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Prayers of Request | |
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Prayers of Thanks | |
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God, Am I Bothering You Too Much? | |
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Take It Three Times a Day with Meals | |
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But Why Not Only When I Feel Like It? | |
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Take a Prayer Book, Please | |
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Some Favorite Prayer Book Passages | |
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The Sh'ma | |
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Stand Up and Be Heard | |
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And in Closing | |
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Stop the Services | |
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"Feelings..." | |
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Synagogue Fashion | |
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Fringe Benefits | |
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But We Don't Wear Ponchos | |
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The Long Form | |
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The Short Form | |
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Put a Box on Your Head and Your Hand | |
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What Are the Tefillin? | |
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The Other Hand, Please | |
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What If You're Ambidextrous? | |
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Getting Married to God | |
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Jews Really Don't Have Horns | |
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Take It Off | |
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Take Off Your Hat--Not! | |
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Showing Respect | |
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The Crucial Questions | |
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What Kind of Judaism? | |
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Orthodox Judaism | |
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The Past Is Holy | |
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The Future of Grandchildren | |
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But Even Orthodox Jews Can Disagree | |
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Reform Judaism | |
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A Modern Code of Belief | |
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A New Breed Emerging? | |
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But Still Miles Apart | |
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Conversion | |
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By Mother...or Father? | |
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Conservative Judaism | |
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Let's Compromise | |
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Reconstructionist Judaism | |
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Culture Is Holy | |
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Hasidic Judaism | |
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My "Rebbe" Is Holy | |
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Secular Judaism | |
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Is "Secular Judaism" An Oxymoron? | |
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What's Most Important? | |
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Be Holy | |
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Holy Moses--I'm Not Moses | |
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Be a Blessing | |
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The Donkey and the Diamond | |
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"Sanctify God's Name" | |
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Bring Them Back | |
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Be an Israeli | |
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"If You Will It, It Is No Dream" | |
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The Prisoner's Problem | |
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The Sentence that Says It All | |
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Any Questions from the Floor? | |
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Is Heaven Only for Jews? | |
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Waiting for Messiah | |
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Does Adoption Make It My Child? | |
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The Chosen People? | |
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An Eye for an Eye--Ouch! | |
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Kill the Bum? | |
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Can I Lie Just a Little? | |
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My Son, the Astronaut? | |
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Life On Mars? | |
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Is Star Trek's Mr. Spock Jewish? | |
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Are Bacteria Kosher? | |
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Now You See It, Now You Don't | |
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A Six-Pointed Question | |
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"I Changed My Name" | |
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"Love Your Eyes--Can I Have Them, Please?" | |
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Two to One | |
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Just Like the Amish | |
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall | |
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Bet I Can Go to Vegas | |
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Don't "Take It Easy" | |
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Glossary | |
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Appendices | |
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The 24 Books of the Jewish Bible | |
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The Months of the Year in the Jewish Calendar | |
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More Good Books to Help You Become a Genius on Judaism | |
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Index | |