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Rabbi Avi Weiss

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Rabbi Avi WeissApril 18, 2019
Setting aside a matzah for the remaining Israeli soldiers
At our Passover tables, when we declare “Next Year in Jerusalem,” we ought to have in mind the MIAs who gave their lives for our homeland. We need to see the fulfillment of the words of the Prophet Jeremiah: “The children will return to their land.”
Rabbi Avi Weiss is Founding Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
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Kol Nidre and the white fire of the Iran discourse
Rabbi Avi WeissSeptember 2, 2015
Click photo to download. Caption: President Barack Obama (pictured) used disturbing language in the discourse on the Iran nuclear deal, writes Rabbi Avi Weiss. Credit: Pete Souza/White House.
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The sabbatical year of Shmita and spiritually responding to terrorism
Rabbi Avi WeissSeptember 16, 2014
Click photo to download. Caption: A field near Rosh HaAyin in Israel, left barren for the 2007-2008 sabbatical year of Shmita. Credit: Yaakov via Wikimedia Commons.
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