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This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2)

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and on YouTube. This week’s we study Parashat Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2). Watch the videos. * This week’s parasha starts out with the … Continue reading

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A Rabbi’s Curious Allegations

Nathan Lewin writes for The Jewish Press:   In a front-page article asserting that minors had been hired to work in an Iowa kosher meat-packing plant and in an editorial calling the plant the modern equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The … Continue reading

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A Group Of Orthodox Rabbis Give Agriprocessors A Clean Bill Of Health

If you’ve been reading me, you know I don’t think Agriprocessors is much worse than any other meat processing plant. I don’t know anything about the place beyond what I read online. But how stupid are the following rabbis to … Continue reading

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ICE describes raid of Agriprocessors as ‘largest in Iowa history’

From the Des Moine Register: Postville, Ia. – At least 300 people were arrested today at the Agriprocessors, Inc. meat packing plant, federal officials said. The operation, which targeted people who illegally used other persons Social Security numbers and were … Continue reading

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