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Israel Visits {Foregoing Fridays}

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Ahead of my upcoming trip to Israel, I realized it would be a good opportunity to share posts from my original blog about [some of] my Israel visits, as part of my Foregoing Fridays series. Having been there seven different … Continue reading

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Exploring Darth Maul’s Return in Seasons 3 & 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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As mentioned in last week’s post, I began, and am continuing to work on, a Darth Maul exploration project. In this past week, I have explored his occurrences in seasons 3 and 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars: His … Continue reading

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Talmudic Advice on Producing Male Children

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With three daughters and no sons, not infrequently do people mention something from the Talmud about how to have male children. Knowing that the statement, in particular, was not the only one suggesting how to have male children, I decided … Continue reading

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Bourbon-Tasting in April

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A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Bourbon-tasting,* which was great, as I was glad to try over a half-dozen different Bourbons 馃檪 While I had had several of them before, not only was it great to compare/contrast them … Continue reading

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Academic Jewish Conferences {Foregoing Fridays}

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Continuing on in my “Foregoing Fridays” series, here are posts from my original blog regarding academic Jewish conferences I have attended: AJS 2009 Day 3聽[24 December 2010] Day 2 of 2009 AJS Conference聽[16 February 2010] Day #1 of AJS Conference … Continue reading

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Beginning a Darth Maul Exploration Project

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In advance of the release of Dark Horse Comics’ first issue of Darth Maul – Son of Dathomir in two weeks, I decided to begin a project at Star Wars Maven on Darth Maul. The first post of which was … Continue reading

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First Visit to Trattoria Natalie

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Last night, my wife and I went to a restaurant about which we had heard good things, but had not yet had the opportunity to try. 聽The restaurant, Trattoria Natalie, has been around since September聽and is a kosher dairy restaurant … Continue reading

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Judeohistory Posts from My Original Blog {Foregoing Fridays}

Continuing on in my “Foregoing Fridays” series, here are relevant posts from my original blog concerning Judeohistory (since I’m not so happy using the term Jewish History in this regard (see here, for instance)): How the “Cohen Brothers” Changed Retail … Continue reading

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Initial Posts about the New Star Wars Canon

With my spin-off from this site of StarWarsMaven.info last week, I no longer plan on creating original Star Wars content for this site. However, this is my first post experimenting with a “Star Wars Wednesday Round-Up” post. In lieu of … Continue reading

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Versus Whom Did the 讞讻诪讬诐 Argue in the Tosefta VI: 住讚专 拽讚砖讬诐

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Continuing on in my series looking for those against whom the “讞讻诪讬诐” argue, brings me to 住讚专 拽讚砖讬诐 in the Tosefta, here is the listing: 聽专讘讬 诪讗讬专 – 28 专讘讬 讬讛讜讚讛 – 8 专讘讬 – 7 专讘讬 讗诇讬注讝专 – 7 … Continue reading

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