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Rabbi Julian Sinclair

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Not eating meat with fish

Rabbi Julian Sinclair on the paths to practice

By Rabbi Julian Sinclair

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Searching for the afikoman

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Lighting shabbat candles

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Facing East in Prayer

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Cutting a boy's hair

The end of infancy and the start of doing mitzvot.

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March 1, 2012 11:54

Checking eggs for blood

The custom to check every egg is still entrenched in observant Ashkenazi homes.

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February 23, 2012 11:59

Throwing bread at hamotzi

Since when were adults allowed to throw food?

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February 16, 2012 11:57

Learning bekiyut and iyun

What makes a great sage?

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February 9, 2012 11:33

Tu bishvat seder

The great mystic Rabbi Isaac Luria put it on the map as a minor holiday

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February 2, 2012 11:59

Gelilah: rolling the sefer

Gelilah has a reputation as a second-class mitzvah.

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January 26, 2012 11:37

Hagbah: Lifting the Sefer

Hagbah is one of the most dramatic and potentially heart-stopping moments in the synagogue service.

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January 19, 2012 11:39

Sanctifying the moon

Sanctifying the new moon, Kiddush Levanah, is a prayer recited once every month.

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January 12, 2012 11:31

Fast of silence

One of the more radical tools in the arsenal of self-improvement.

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December 29, 2011 11:26

Lighting candles outside

In Jerusalem, most people light their Chanucah lamps outside their front doors or at the entrance to apartment buildings.

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December 22, 2011 11:38

Spinning the dreidel

Dreidel is a four-sided top used to play a children's gambling game on Chanucah.

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December 15, 2011 11:32

Bensching with wine

Many people have the custom of saying grace after meals on Shabbat while holding a full cup of wine in their right hand.

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December 8, 2011 11:46