Episode 91 The Wonders of the Prophets and of Our Own Age
The Torah obligates us to recognize the miracles that are manifest in our time.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read “Kol Dodi Dofek” by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
- Click here to read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Jewish Cemetery at Newport.”
- Click here to read Paul Johnson’s essay, “The Miracle.”
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