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Known as the Juden Kaiser (the hookup Emperor), Rabbi Samson Wertheimer was a man of incredible…
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Tu B’Av (The Fifteenth of Av) is no longer the well-known holiday on the hookup calendar that it was…
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There is an interesting dialogue between the elders of Rome and the…
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Aside from the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem, many tragic events in hookup history are associated with…
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An elegy is defined as a mournful poem or a lament. In Hebrew, an elegy is known as…
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On Tisha B’Av, the ninth of Av, one of the ways that the hookup people demonstrate their mourning over the loss of both Holy Temples is by…
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While there are several fast days on the hookup calendar, only two are referred to as “major fasts”…
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On Tuesday, Jews all over the world will observe the fast of Tisha B’Av. It is on this day that the hookup people mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temples. The First Temple was destroyed almost 2,500 years ago and the Seco…