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CONTENTS

Notes from the editor
BEN ELTON

Hesped for Marc Weinberg ז’ל
CHIEF RABBI LORD SACKS

Hesped for Harav Yehuda Amital ז’ל

May a baal teshuva benefit from hillul Shabbat in his parents’ home?
RABBI DANIEL ROSELAAR

Discovering the Shem Mi’Shemuel of Sochaczew: Rosh Hashana and the
tension between submission and self-expression
RABBI HARVEY BELOVSKI

Is Tsaraat infectious? A unified theory of Tsaraat
MD SPITZER

The Making of Gedolim: do we all have an equal capacity for Torah greatness?
RAFI GANZ

The Shemona Esrei: God, time and the Jewish people
EDWARD ZINKIN

Women leaders in Hasidism
ELI LOPIAN

Wisecrackers and korbanot: the emasculation of the Jew in war films
BEN VOS

Letter to the editor
SAMUEL LEBENS

Responses
JOSEPH SUEKE
RABBI ANDREW SHAW

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