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Day 55 | Beitzah 

Nearly thirty years after ninth grade, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin reunites with the rebbe whose voice he still hears when he learns Talmud.

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Day 54 | Beitzah 

Jews in the diaspora once kept two days of Yom Tov because word of the new moon could take weeks to reach them. Why do we still keep both?

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Day 53 | Beitzah

Why can we cook on Yom Tov but not on Shabbos? The answer lies in the future each holy day invites us to taste.

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Day 52 | Beitzah

Making room for God and making room for others begin at the same Yom Tov table.

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Day 51 | Beitzah

Fresh food, a phone set aside, and the possibility of discovering something new about ourselves. Tractate Beitzah explores how we make room for a holy day.

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