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The Martyrdom of Rabbi Hanina Ben Teradion

The Martyrdom of Rabbi Hanina Ben Teradion

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Jun 05, 2025
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This is not the catchiest of headlines, above, and I congratulate/thank any of you who made the leap down here to the body of this post to see what I’m talking about.

Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, is a day of complete fasting spent mostly in synagogue. The liturgy is unusually long and can feel even longer than it is as the effects of fasting…

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