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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:30 p.m. Torah: Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Havdalah: 5:34 p.m. Readers have long noticed that the Ten Plagues come in three triads followed by the final plague, the death of the firstborn. In each triad, the first two are preceded by warnings to Pharaoh of what is to come, while […]

Archaeological excavations west of Jerusalem have uncovered some unexpected artifacts — pottery figurines of men and horses, and other ritual items that are thought to date back some 2,700 years to the start of King David’s early reign and the period of the Jewish kingdom’s divided monarchy. The east-facing site at Tel Motza, which includes […]

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